Ngo-Ephreli 11, i-NASA yamemezela ukuthi inikeze i-SpaceX inkontileka yomkhankaso we-DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) wokushintsha ukuzungeza kwama-asteroid, okuzokwenziwa kusetshenziswa irokhethi elisindayo i-Falcon 9 ngoJuni 2021 lisuka eVandenberg Air. I-Force Base eCalifornia. Imali yenkontileka ye-SpaceX izoba ngu-$69 wezigidi. Intengo ihlanganisa ukuqalisa kanye nawo wonke amasevisi ahlobene.
I-DART iphrojekthi ethuthukiswe e-Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory njengengxenye yoHlelo Lokuvikela Lweplanethi yeNASA. Emkhankasweni wokuhlola, umkhumbi-mkhathi uzosebenzisa injini yerokhethi kagesi ukundizela ku-Didymos asteroid. I-DART izobe isishayisana nenyanga kaDidymos, i-Didymoon, ngesivinini esingamakhilomitha ayisithupha ngomzuzwana.
Izazi zezinkanyezi zihlela ukufunda ngoshintsho emzileni wenyanga encane ngenxa yomthelela. Lokhu kuzosiza ososayensi ukuthi bahlole ukusebenza kahle kwale ndlela, ehlongozwayo njengenye yezindlela zokuphambukisa ama-asteroid asongela uMhlaba.
"I-SpaceX iyaziqhenya ngokuqhubeka nokusebenzisana kwethu ngempumelelo ne-NASA kulo msebenzi obalulekile we-interplanetary," kusho uMongameli we-SpaceX uGwynne Shotwell esitatimendeni senkampani. "Le nkontileka igcizelela ukwethemba kweNASA emandleni e-Falcon 9 okwenza umgomo obalulekile wesayensi ngenkathi inikeza izindleko ezihamba phambili zokuqalisa embonini."
Source: 3dnews.ru