I-Starjump, ne-turret yayo ekhishwe umoya, yeqa okokuqala ngenjini ye-Raptor, njengoba i-CEO ye-SpaceX u-Elon Musk ememezele ngenjabulo ku-Twitter. I-cone ye-prototype yadatshulwa ngesikhathi somoya yisiphepho emuva ngoJanuwari. Ngokugxuma kokuhlolwa, kwanqunywa ukuthi kungabuyisi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Starhopper, njengesibonelo se-rocket Starship yesikhathi esizayo esindayo kakhulu, eyadalelwa ukuhlola injini ye-Raptor ezindaweni eziphakeme, yabizwa ngokuthi, yaboshelwa phansi ukuze kugwenywe ukundiza okungalawuleki ngendlela engalindelekile. Njengoba uqonda, i-aerodynamics ye-rocket ngaphandle kwe-fairing ishiya okuningi okufanele ukwenze.
Nokho, kulokhu akunandaba. I-prototype yadubula izinjini zayo futhi yasuka phansi. "Zonke izinhlelo ziluhlaza," kubika uMusk. Ngamanye amazwi, ukugxuma kuhambe njengoba bekulindelekile, futhi izinhlelo zokuqalisa nokusebenza zazijwayelekile. Lokhu bekuwukuhlola kokuqala okuphelele kwe-rocket-like prototype endaweni yase-SpaceX's Texas. Ukuhlolwa kwenzeke cishe ngehora lesine ekuseni ngesikhathi saseMoscow. U-Musk akazange abelane ngemininingwane, kodwa kukholakala ukuthi i-prototype yayifakwe injini yesibili ye-Raptor elungiselelwe ukuhlolwa. Irokhethi le-Starship elizothutha osomkhathi abayi-4 liye eNyangeni noma ku-Mars lizobe lihlome ngezinjini ezinjalo ezingu-100.
Masikhumbule futhi ukuthi kwanqunywa ukwenza i-Starship kanye ne-Starhopper prototype yayo hhayi ezintweni eziyinhlanganisela, kodwa ngensimbi. Ngesinye isikhathi, sabika ukuthi kungani inkampani iqhamuke nalokhu kwaziswa. I-rocket ye-Starhopper kufanele iqinisekise noma iphike ukulunga kokukhetha. Lesi sibonelo sinobubanzi obungamamitha angu-9 nobude (nge-fairing) obungamamitha angu-39. Iphethe injini ye-Raptor eyodwa futhi ithembisa ukusiza hhayi nje ukuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe bephrojekthi ye-Starship, kodwa nasekuthuthukiseni ezokuvakasha zasemkhathini.
Source: 3dnews.ru