N'April 11, NASA kwupụtara na ya enyela SpaceX nkwekọrịta maka ọrụ DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) iji gbanwee orbit nke asteroids, nke a ga-eji rọketi Falcon 9 dị arọ na June 2021 site na Vandenberg Air. Force Base na California. Ọnụ ego nkwekọrịta maka SpaceX ga-abụ $69 nde. Ọnụahịa ahụ gụnyere mmalite na ọrụ niile metụtara ya.
DART bụ oru ngo emepụtara na Mahadum Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory dị ka akụkụ nke NASA's Planetary Defence Programme. N'ime ọrụ nnwale ahụ, ụgbọ elu ahụ ga-eji igwe rọketi eletrik fega na Asteroid Didymos. DART ga-ejikọta ya na obere ọnwa Didymos, Didymoon, na ọsọ nke ihe dị ka kilomita isii kwa nkeji.
Ndị na-enyocha mbara igwe na-eme atụmatụ ịmụ mgbanwe na obere okirikiri ọnwa n'ihi mmetụta ahụ. Nke a ga-enyere ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị aka inyocha ịdị irè nke ụzọ a, nke a tụrụ aro ka ọ bụrụ otu n'ime ụzọ isi gbanahụ asteroids na-eyi ụwa egwu.
"SpaceX nwere obi ụtọ ịga n'ihu na mmekorita anyị na NASA na-aga nke ọma na ozi a dị mkpa n'etiti mbara ala," Onye isi ala SpaceX Gwynne Shotwell kwuru na nkwupụta ụlọ ọrụ. "Nkwekọrịta a na-egosi ntụkwasị obi NASA nwere na Falcon 9 nwere ike ịrụ ọrụ sayensị dị mkpa ebe ọ na-enye ọnụahịa mmalite kachasị mma na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ."
isi: 3dnews.ru