Ngexesha lovavanyo lomlilo ngoLwesibini ngokuhlwa, i-rocket yovavanyo lwe-SpaceX's Starhopper yatsha ngokungalindelekanga.
Ukuvavanya, i-rocket yayixhotyiswe nge-injini ye-Raptor enye. Njengoko ngo-Epreli, i-Starhopper yayibanjwe kwindawo ngentambo, ngoko ke ngexesha lokuqala lokuvavanya yayinokuziphakamisa kuphela emhlabeni ngokungekho ngaphezu kweesentimitha ezimbalwa.
Njengoko ividiyo ibonisa, uvavanyo lwe-injini luphumelele, kodwa umlilo awuzange ucime, kwaye emva kwexesha elithile amadangatye akhula, ajika abe yibhola elikhulu lomlilo elinyukela esibhakabhakeni ebusuku.
Inkampani ayikatsho ukuba i-Starhopper yonakaliswe, kodwa okwesibini, inxalenye ephambili yovavanyo, ngexesha apho i-rocket yayifanele ukubhabha ukuya kumphakamo omalunga ne-20 m, kwafuneka ichithwe.
I-rocket ye-Starhopper, eyenziwe ngentsimbi engenasici, yenzelwe ukwenza uthotho lovavanyo lokusuka ngokuthe nkqo kunye nokuhla. Ngaphambili, ngo-2012, inkampani yenza iimvavanyo ezifanayo ze-rocket ye-Falcon 9 ebizwa ngokuba yi-Grasshopper.
Inkwenkwezi kulindeleke ukuba iqalise ukubhabha esithubeni rhoqo ngo-2020. Kwixesha elizayo, iya kuthatha ezinye zemishini eqhutywa ngoku kusetyenziswa iirokethi ze-Falcon 9. Le rokethi iya kusetyenziselwa ukuthumela oosomajukujuku eNyangeni, nakwixesha elizayo - kwimishini kuMars.
umthombo: 3dnews.ru