The S Translationp, tare da kage da iska, ya yi tsalle na farko da injin Raptor, kamar yadda shugaban SpaceX Elon Musk ya sanar a cikin farin ciki a kan Twitter. An yage mazugi na samfurin a lokacin wata guguwa da ta dawo a watan Janairu. Don tsallen gwajin, an yanke shawarar kada a mayar da shi. Bugu da kari, an kira Starhopper, a matsayin samfurin roka mai nauyi mai nauyi na gaba, wanda aka kirkira don gwada injin Raptor a tsaunukan da ke karkashin kasa, an hade shi a kasa don gujewa tashin jirgin da ba a iya tantancewa. Kamar yadda kuka fahimta, yanayin iska na roka ba tare da fa'ida ba yana barin abubuwa da yawa da ake so.
Duk da haka, a wannan yanayin ba kome ba ne. Samfurin ya harba injina ya tashi daga kasa. "Dukkan tsarin kore ne," in ji Musk. A wasu kalmomi, tsalle ya tafi kamar yadda aka zata, kuma ƙaddamarwa da tsarin aiki sun kasance na al'ada. Wannan shine farkon cikakken gwajin gwajin makaman roka a sansanin SpaceX na Texas. An yi gwajin ne da misalin karfe 4 na safe agogon Moscow. Musk bai raba cikakkun bayanai ba, amma an yi imanin cewa samfurin an sanye shi da injin Raptor na biyu da aka shirya don gwaji. Roka na Starship don jigilar 'yan sama jannati 100 zuwa duniyar wata ko duniyar Mars zai kasance dauke da irin wadannan injuna guda 7.
Bari kuma mu tuna cewa an yanke shawarar yin Starship da samfurin sa na Starhopper ba daga kayan haɗin gwiwa ba, amma daga karfe. A wani lokaci, mun ba da rahoton dalilin da ya sa kamfanin ya fito da wannan kayan. Ya kamata roka na Starhopper ya tabbatar ko ya musanta daidaicin zaɓin. Wannan samfurin yana da diamita na mita 9 da tsawo (tare da fairing) na mita 39. Yana ɗaukar injin Raptor guda ɗaya kuma yayi alƙawarin taimakawa ba kawai haɓaka fasahohi don aikin Starship ba, har ma a cikin haɓaka yawon shakatawa na sararin samaniya.
source: 3dnews.ru