SpaceX ta sanar da nasarar kammala gwajin gwaji na biyu na samfurin roka na Starhopper, wanda a lokacin ya haura zuwa tsayin ƙafa 500 (152m), sannan ya tashi da nisan mita 100 zuwa gefe kuma ya yi saukar da sarrafawa a tsakiyar tashar harba. .
An yi gwaje-gwajen a ranar Talata da yamma da karfe 18:00 CT (Laraba, 2:00 lokacin Moscow). Tun da farko an shirya gudanar da su ne a ranar Litinin, amma a minti na karshe saboda rashin aiki mai alaƙa da tsarin kunna wutan injin Raptor.
'Yan sanda sun ba da shawarar cewa mazauna Boca Chica, Texas, da ke kusa da wurin harba SpaceX, su kasance a wajen gine-gine yayin gwaji kuma su fitar da dabbobinsu waje saboda haɗarin rauni daga fashewar gilashin a cikin tagogi saboda girgizar girgiza.
Roka samfurin samfurin, wanda ya fi kama da hasumiya na bakin karfe, an ƙera shi ne don gwada tsarin ƙaddamar da Starship, wanda ya ƙunshi babbar motar harbawa mai nauyi tare da injunan Raptor na gaba 35 da capsule kanta tare da injunan Raptor 7.
Daga hangen nesa na fasaha, gwajin ya kasance mai ban sha'awa, yana nuna matsawa da haɓaka sabon injin Raptor. Wannan shi ne karo na farko da samfurin da ke da babban injin roka mai ƙarfi da ruwa methane da iskar oxygen ya yi nasara, isasshe dogon jirgi.
Koyaya, wannan gwajin na iya samun babban tasirin siyasa. SpaceX ta himmatu wajen nuna cewa Starship abin hawa ne mai inganci don ayyukan NASA kuma ana iya amfani da shi don jigilar 'yan sama jannati zuwa duniyar wata da kuma zirga-zirgar sararin samaniya.
Ana sa ran za a yi amfani da tauraron dan adam wajen aika ‘yan sama jannati zuwa duniyar wata, daga karshe kuma za a rika jigilar mutane da kaya daga sararin samaniyar duniya zuwa sauran duniyoyi. "Wata rana, Starship zai sauka a kan tsatsa na duniyar Mars," Shugaban SpaceX Elon Musk ya wallafa a Twitter bayan gwajin na yau.
A watan da ya gabata, Starhopper ya yi nasara "tsalle" na mita 20. An shirya ƙaddamar da kasuwanci na farko ta amfani da Starship don 2021.
Idan an aiwatar da tsare-tsaren Musk, saukarwar Starship ta farko a saman duniyar Mars, bisa ga jadawalin da aka tsara, za a iya aiwatar da shi a farkon tsakiyar 2020s.
Dangane da samfurin Starhopper, daga baya zai zama gadon gwaji a tsaye don injunan Raptor na gaba. Tawagar SpaceX a Boca Chica da Cape Canaveral a Florida sun riga sun fara aiki akan samfuran Starship na gaba guda biyu, kowanne yana amfani da injin Raptor na gaba uku.
source: 3dnews.ru