Ngemva kokuhlolwa ngempumelelo komkhumbi-mkhathi i-Crew Dragon ekuqaleni kuka-March, ukumiswa kwawo ne-International Space Station (ISS) nokubuyela kwawo eMhlabeni, i-SpaceX isiphendulele ukunaka kwayo komunye umsebenzi wayo omkhulu: umkhumbi-mkhathi ophakathi kwamaplanethi i-Starship.
Esikhathini esizayo esiseduze, inkampani kulindeleke ukuthi iqale ukuhlola izindiza ze-Starship prototype endaweni ephakeme efinyelela ku-5 km ukuze ihlole ukusuka kanye nokuhlalisa komkhumbi-mkhathi. Kepha ngaphambi kwalokho, u-Elon Musk ubhale ku-Twitter ividiyo emfushane, enikeza labo abathanda iphrojekthi ye-interplanetary ukuthi babheke amathayela esivikelo sokushisa angama-hexagonal azogcina avikele umkhumbi ekukhuphukeni okukhulu kwezinga lokushisa.
UMusk wachaza ukuthi izingxenye ezishisa kakhulu zesivikelo sokushisa ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa, ezicwebezela zibe mhlophe, zifinyelele izinga lokushisa eliphakeme lama-kelvins angu-1650 (cishe i-1377 Β° C). Ngokusho kwe-CEO ye-SpaceX, lokhu kunamathela kwanele ukumelana namazinga okushisa aphezulu kakhulu lapho kunqoba izingqimba eziminyene zomkhathi woMhlaba ngesikhathi umkhumbi wehlela eMhlabeni, nakuba le nkomba ingaphansi kancane kwezinga lokushisa i-Space Shuttle ye-NASA engakwazi ukumelana nayo ngaphandle kwemiphumela (mayelana 1500 Β° C).
Izingxenye ezishisa kakhulu zesivikelo sokushisa zizoba nesistimu "yokupholisa umoya" enezimbotshana ezincane zangaphandle ezivumela ukupholisa (amanzi noma i-methane) ukuthi kuphume futhi kupholise indawo engaphandle. Lokhu kuzosiza ukunciphisa umonakalo kusivikelo sokushisa futhi kuqinisekise ukuthi i-Starship ingabuyela ngokushesha kusevisi ngemva nje kokuqeda indiza yayo. Ukuze wenze lokhu, kuyokwanela ukumane ugcwalise i-reservoir yesivikelo sokushisa.
"Ukupholisa okudlulayo kuzongezwa nomaphi lapho sibona ukuguguleka kwesihlangu," kubhala uMusk. - Inkanyezi kufanele ilungele ukundiza futhi ngokushesha ngemva kokufika. Ukulungiswa kwe-zero."
Source: 3dnews.ru