Imithombo eku-inthanethi ibika ukuthi isikhungo sasemkhathini saseMelika iNASA sikhethe usonkontileka wokuqala obambe iqhaza ekwakhiweni kwesiteshi sasemkhathini seLunar Gateway, okufanele sivele esikhathini esizayo eduze neNyanga. I-Maxar Technologies izothuthukisa indawo yokuphehla amandla nezinye izici zesiteshi esizayo.
Lokhu kumenyezelwe uMqondisi weNASA uJim Bridenstine, ogcizelele ukuthi kulokhu ukuhlala kosonkanyezi eNyangeni kuzoba isikhathi eside ngempela. Ubuye wachaza isiteshi esizayo, esizoba se-orbit ephezulu ye-elliptical, njengohlobo lwe-"command module" engasetshenziswa kabusha.
Ngokuvumelana nezinhlelo ze-NASA zokufika eNyangeni ngo-2024, lesi siteshi sizosetshenziswa njengendawo emaphakathi. Okokuqala, osomkhathi bazolethwa besuka eMhlabeni baye esiteshini senyanga, futhi ngemva kwalokho, besebenzisa imojula ekhethekile, bazokwazi ukuthuthela ebusweni besathelayithi futhi babuyele emuva. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi iphrojekthi yeLunar Gateways yaqala ukuthuthukiswa ngaphansi kukaMongameli u-Obama, kodwa yabe isithathwa njengesisekelo esizosiza osomkhathi ukuthi bafike ku-Mars. Kodwa-ke, ngokungena kukamongameli omusha, iphrojekthi yaphinde yagxila ekuhloleni iNyanga.
Mayelana nokubambisana okumenyezelwe ne-Maxar Technologies, sikhuluma ngesibonelelo sezigidi ezingu-375 zamaRandi. Lokhu kungase kusho ukuthi imoto yokwethulwa kwe-Blue Origin esindayo i-New Glenn izosetshenziswa ukuthumela uhlelo lokushayela, olunesisindo esingamathani angu-5. Ukukhethwa kwemoto yokwethulwa kufanele kwenziwe ngonyaka olandelayo nesigamu. Ngokohlelo oluhleliwe, indawo yokuphehla ugesi kufanele ithunyelwe emkhathini ngo-2022.
Source: 3dnews.ru