Ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa komlilo ngoLwesibili kusihlwa, injini ye-SpaceX's Starhopper yokuhlola rocket yavutha kungazelelwe.
Ukuze kuhlolwe, i-rocket yayifakwe injini ye-Raptor eyodwa. Njengo-April, i-Starhopper yabanjwa endaweni ngekhebula, ngakho-ke phakathi nesigaba sokuqala sokuhlolwa yayikwazi ukuziphakamisa kuphela isuke phansi ngamasentimitha ambalwa.
Njengoba ividiyo ibonisa, ukuhlolwa kwenjini kwaphumelela, kodwa umlilo awuzange ucime, futhi ngemva kwesikhathi esithile amalangabi akhula, aphenduka i-fireball enkulu eyafika esibhakabhakeni ebusuku.
Inkampani ayikasho ukuthi i-Starhopper ilimele yini, kodwa okwesibili, ingxenye eyinhloko yokuhlolwa, lapho i-rocket bekufanele indize ifike endaweni ephakeme ngamamitha angaba ngu-20, kwadingeka ikhanselwe.
Irokhethi ye-Starhopper, eyenziwe ngensimbi engagqwali, idizayinelwe ukwenza uchungechunge lokuhlola ukuphuma nokuhlalisa okuma mpo. Ngaphambilini, ngo-2012, inkampani yenza izivivinyo ezifanayo ze-rocket ye-Falcon 9 ebizwa ngokuthi i-Grasshopper.
Inkanyezi kulindeleke ukuthi iqale ukundiza emkhathini njalo ngo-2020. Ngokuzayo, izothatha eminye yemishini eqhutshwa njengamanje kusetshenziswa amarokhethi e-Falcon 9. Le rocket izosetshenziselwa ukuthumela osomkhathi eNyangeni, futhi ngokuzayo - kumamishini e-Mars.
Source: 3dnews.ru