Pamsonkhano wa Congress ku US Lachiwiri, woyang'anira NASA Jim Bridenstine adati bungweli lidadzipereka kutumiza openda zakuthambo ku Mars mu 2033. Tsikuli silinachotsedwe kunja kwa mpweya. Paulendo wopita ku Mars, mawindo abwino amatsegula pafupifupi miyezi 26 iliyonse, pamene Mars ili pafupi kwambiri ndi Dziko Lapansi. Koma ngakhale zitatero, ntchitoyi idzatenga zaka ziwiri, zomwe zimabweretsa zovuta kuukadaulo wamakono komanso wamtsogolo.
Bridenstine adawonekera pamsonkhanowo chifukwa cha zokambirana zakukulitsa bajeti ya NASA. Mwa njira, nyumba zonse ziwiri za Congress yaku US zidapereka chigamulo chokulitsa ndalama zothandizira bungweli kuti litumize openda zakuthambo ku Mars kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2017. Koma mwachiwonekere palibe ndalama zokwanira. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, kufufuza kwa Mwezi kumakhalabe mfundo yofunika kwambiri paulendo wopita ku Red Planet. Kumapeto kwa Marichi, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa US a Michael Pence adalengeza ku National Space Council kuti US tsopano ikukonzekera kubwerera ku Mwezi zaka zinayi m'mbuyomu kuposa momwe adakonzera, mu 2024. Ichi chikhala chaka chomaliza cha nthawi yachiwiri yomwe a Donald Trump akuyembekezeka kukhala paudindo, ndipo omutsatira, monga iye, akuthamangira kusiya mbiri yodziwika bwino. M'malo mwake, pamlanduwu, a Bridenstine adafotokoza chifukwa chake ndalama zowonjezera zimafunikira pulogalamu yoyendera mwezi chifukwa chaulendo wopita ku Mars mu 2033.
Mwezi udzakhala bedi loyesera pazinthu zingapo zofunika zomwe zidzafunikire kuti ntchito ya Mars ipambane. Bridenstein sanayankhe kuti ndalama za bungweli ziyenera kukulitsidwa zingati. Kuchuluka kofunikira kudzatsimikiziridwa ndi Epulo 15. Pali mafunso ambiri okhudza bajeti. Bungweli silingakhale pa nthawi yake ndi Lockheed Martin Orion woyambitsa magalimoto olemera kwambiri omwe amathandizira, ndiye kuti ndalamazo ziyenera kuphatikizapo kubwereketsa maroketi, omwe, mwachitsanzo, SpaceX ndi Boeing akulonjeza kuti adzapanga panthawiyo. Patsamba la NASA, monga momwe gwero limanenera, 2033 sichinatchulidwe ngati tsiku lomwe mukufuna kutumiza anthu ku Mars. Pali malipoti ovomerezeka a ntchito yomwe inakonzedwa ku Mars mu 2030s.
Source: 3dnews.ru