Esigcawini seCongress yaseMelika ngoLwesibili, uMphathi weNASA uJim Bridenstine uthe le nhlangano izimisele ngokuthumela osomkhathi eMars ngo-2033. Lolu suku aluzange lukhishwe emoyeni. Ukuze uthole indiza eya ku-Mars, amafasitela afanelekayo avuleka cishe njalo ezinyangeni ezingu-26, lapho i-Mars iseduze kakhulu noMhlaba. Kodwa noma kunjalo, lo msebenzi uzodinga iminyaka emibili, okubeka inselele kubuchwepheshe bamanje basemkhathini nobuseduze.
U-Bridenstine uvele enkantolo ngenxa yengxoxo yokwandisa isabelomali se-NASA. Kodwa-ke, zombili lezi zindlu zeCongress yaseMelika zaphasisa umthethosivivinywa wokwandisa uxhaso lwezimali kule nhlangano ukuze kuthunyelwe osomkhathi ku-Mars entwasahlobo ka-2017. Kodwa kusobala ukuthi imali ayenele. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ukuhlola kweNyanga kuhlala kuyiphuzu elibalulekile ohlelweni lokundiza oluya ePlanethi Ebomvu. Ekupheleni kukaMashi, iPhini likaMongameli waseMelika uMichael Pence umemezele kuNational Space Council ukuthi i-US manje ihlela ukubuyela eNyangeni eminyakeni emine ngaphambili kunalokho obekuhleliwe, okungukuthi ngo-2024. Lona kuzobe kuwunyaka wokugcina okulindeleke ukuthi uDonald Trump athathe ihlandla lesibili esikhundleni, kanti ithimba lakhe, njengaye, lijaha ukushiya uphawu olubonakalayo emlandweni. Eqinisweni, ekuqulweni kwamacala, uBridenstine wachaza ukuthi kungani kudingeka izimali ezengeziwe zohlelo lwenyanga uma kubhekwa uhambo lwendiza oluya ku-Mars ngo-2033.
INyanga izoba umbhede wokuhlola wezinto eziningi ezibalulekile ezizodingeka ukuze uphumelele umkhankaso we-Mars. UBridenstein akazange aphendule ukuthi yimalini isabelomali senhlangano esidinga ukunwetshwa. Inani elidingekayo lizonqunywa ngo-Ephreli 15. Miningi imibuzo mayelana nesabelomali. I-ejensi ingase ingabi nesikhathi ngephrojekthi yemoto yokwethulwa enzima kakhulu i-Lockheed Martin Orion eyisekelayo, bese into yezindleko izodingeka ifake ukuqashwa kwamarokhethi, okuthi, ngokwesibonelo, i-SpaceX ne-Boeing ithembise ukuyidala ngaleso sikhathi. Kuwebhusayithi ye-NASA, njengoba umthombo uphawula, i-2033 ayifakwanga njengosuku okuhlosiwe lokuthumela abantu ku-Mars. Kusenemibiko esemthethweni yohambo oluhleliwe oluya kuMars ngeminyaka yawo-2030.
Source: 3dnews.ru