Ua kapa ʻia ka US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) i ka hui e hāʻawi i ka VIPER rover i ka mahina.
Ua hōʻike ka pūnaewele o ka space agency ua kau inoa ʻo ia i kahi kuʻikahi me Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic no $ 199,5 miliona, e like me ia e hāʻawi ai i ka VIPER rover i ka lunar pole hema ma ka hopena o 2023.
ʻO ka VIPER rover, i hoʻolālā ʻia e ʻimi i ka hau ma ka satellite kūlohelohe o ka Honua, "e kōkua i ke ala no nā misionari astronaut i ka ʻili o ka lunar e hoʻomaka ana i ka makahiki 2024 a e lawe mai iā NASA i kahi ʻanuʻu kokoke i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi noho mau a lōʻihi ma ka mahina. ʻāpana o ka papahana Artemis o ke keʻena, "wahi a ke keʻena ākea. USA.
ʻO ka hoʻouna ʻana iā VIPER i ka mahina he ʻāpana o ka papahana ʻo NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), kahi e hoʻohana ai i nā hoa ʻoihana o ke keʻena e hoʻopuka koke i nā lako ʻepekema a me nā uku ʻē aʻe i ka ʻili o ka satellite kūlohelohe o ka Honua. Ma lalo o nā ʻōlelo o ka ʻaelike, ʻo Astrobotic ke kuleana no nā lawelawe hoʻopuka hope loa no VIPER, me ka hoʻohui pū ʻana me ka Griffin lander, hoʻokuʻu ʻia mai ka Honua, a me ka pae ʻana ma ka ʻili o ka mahina.
I loko o kahi misionari 100-Earth-day, e huakaʻi ka VIPER rover i mau kilomita me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāna mau mea hana ʻepekema ʻehā e hoʻāʻo i nā kaiapuni lepo like ʻole. ʻEkolu o lākou e manaʻo ʻia e hoʻāʻo ʻia ma ka mahina i ka wā o nā misionari CLPS ma 2021 a me 2022. E loaʻa pū i ka rover kahi drill e komo i ka ʻili o ka mahina i kahi hohonu o 3 kapuaʻi (ma kahi o 0,9 m).
"Ke hana nei mākou i kahi mea a mākou i hana ʻole ai ma mua - ʻo ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā mea kani ma ka mahina ke kūkulu ʻia nei ka rover. ʻO VIPER a me nā ukana he nui a mākou e hoʻouna aku ai i ka lunar i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana e kōkua iā mākou e ʻike i ka nui o ka ʻepekema ʻepekema o ka Moon, "wahi a NASA Associate Administrator for Science Thomas Zurbuchen.
Source: 3dnews.ru