Nge-11 ka-Epreli, i-NASA yabhengeza ukuba inikezele isivumelwano kwi-SpaceX ye-DART (i-Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission yokutshintsha i-orbit ye-asteroids, eya kwenziwa kusetyenziswa i-rocket ye-Falcon 9 enzima ngoJuni ka-2021 ukusuka eVandenberg Air. Isiseko sokunyanzelwa eCalifornia. Isixa sekhontrakthi ye-SpaceX iya kuba yi-69 yezigidi zeedola. Ixabiso libandakanya ukuqaliswa kunye nazo zonke iinkonzo ezinxulumene nazo.
I-DART yiprojekthi ephuhliswe kwiYunivesithi yaseJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory njengenxalenye yeNkqubo yoKhuselo lwePlanethi yeNASA. Kumishini yovavanyo, isiphekepheke siya kusebenzisa i-rocket injini yombane ukubhabha ukuya kwi-asteroid ye-Didymos. I-DART iya kuthi ke ingqubane nenyanga encinci ye-Didymos, i-Didymoon, ngesantya esimalunga neekhilomitha ezintandathu ngomzuzwana.
Izazi ngeenkwenkwezi ziceba ukufunda ngotshintsho kumjikelezo wenyanga encinane ngenxa yempembelelo yayo. Oku kuya kunceda izazinzulu zivavanye ukusebenza kwale ndlela, ecetywayo njengenye yeendlela zokuphambukisa ii-asteroids ezisongela uMhlaba.
"I-SpaceX iyaziqhenya ngokuqhubeka nentsebenziswano yethu eyimpumelelo kunye ne-NASA kulo msebenzi ubalulekileyo we-interplanetary," uMongameli we-SpaceX uGwynne Shotwell uthe kwingxelo yenkampani. "Le khontrakthi igxininisa ukuzithemba kweNASA kubuchule be-Falcon 9 bokwenza umsebenzi obalulekileyo wesayensi ngelixa ibonelela ngeyona ndleko intle yokuphehlelelwa kwishishini."
umthombo: 3dnews.ru