I-US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ibika ukuthi ukuhlolwa komkhumbi-mkhathi i-VIPER kuyaqhubeka eSimulated Lunar Operations Laboratory (SLOPE Lab) e-John Glenn Research Center (Ohio).
Iphrojekthi ye-VIPER, noma iVolatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, idala i-rover yokuhlola inyanga. Lo mshini uzothunyelwa esifundeni esiseningizimu yesathelayithi yemvelo yeplanethi yethu, lapho izofuna khona amadiphozi eqhwa lamanzi.
Irobhothi lihlolwa endaweni yokuhlola ekhethekile elingisa indawo yenyanga. Ukuhlola kuzosiza ukunquma izici ezifana nokubamba kwesondo phansi, inani lamandla elichithiwe lapho kwenziwa ukuqondisa okuthile, njll.
Ukuthumela i-rover eNyangeni kuhlelelwe ukuphela kuka-2022. Idivayisi izofakelwa i-spectrometer ye-NSS (Neutron Spectrometer System) ukuze iseshe amadiphozi eqhwa ngaphansi komhlaba. I-rover izokwazi ukubhoboza emhlabathini ukuze iqoqe amasampula kanye nokuhlaziywa kwawo okulandelayo kusetshenziswa izinsimbi ezisebhodini.
Idatha eqoqiwe izoba usizo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ekuhleleni imisebenzi yenyanga ephethwe umuntu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ulwazi olutholiwe luzosiza ukukhetha indawo efanelekile yesisekelo sesikhathi esizayo kwisathelayithi yemvelo yeplanethi yethu.
Source: 3dnews.ru
