NgoLwesibili, Juni 23, i-SpaceX Okunye ukuhlolwa kwe-Starship SN7 prototype spacecraft. Ukuhlolwa kwahlola amandla ethangi likaphethiloli, eligcwele i-nitrogen ewuketshezi. Ithangi lalo mkhumbi-mkhathi laqhuma, kodwa lo mphumela wawulindeleke ngokuphelele futhi awumangazanga.
Ukuhlolwa kwenziwa endaweni yokwethulwa kwenkampani yangasese e-Boca Chica, eTexas. Inhloso yokuhlolwa kwakuwukuhlola amandla ensimbi engagqwali esetshenziselwa ukwakha ithangi. Ngaphambilini, inkampani yasebenzisa i-alloy engu-301, kodwa kulokhu kuhlolwa, ithangi lenziwe ngensimbi engagqwali engu-304L.
Ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa, ithangi likaphethiloli lavele lambozwa isithwathwa, futhi ngesinye isikhathi, iphansi lalo laqhuma ngaphansi kwengcindezi. Lokhu akuzange kusimangaze, njengoba kwakulindelekile ukugqashuka—inkampani yayifuna ukunquma ukuthi ithangi likaphethiloli lalingakwazi ukumelana nomfutho ongakanani.
I-RIP SN7 Test Tank. Siyabonga ngedatha!
UMariya () ukusakaza bukhoma!
- Chris B - NSF (@NASASspaceflight)
Ngemuva kokuqhuma, i-prototype yaphakama ngamamitha amabili emoyeni futhi yahlala eceleni kwayo. Isakhiwo sawela phezu kwengqalasizinda ephehla uphethiloli, kodwa ayizange ilimale. Ngemva kwesikhathi, inja yamarobhothi yeBoston Dynamics, eyaziwa ngokuthi uZeus, osebenzela i-SpaceX, yafika endaweni yesigameko. Wasihlola isakhiwo, kwabe sekubonakala ukuthi kucekeleke phansi kuphela ithangi, izinhlangothi zisaphelele.
Ngokuka-Elon Musk, ithangi elivuzayo liwumphumela ongcono kunokuqhuma. Lapho ingcindezi ifinyelela ku-7,6 bar, ithangi laqhuma, kodwa akuzange kuqhume. Lokhu kusho ukuthi insimbi engu-304L izosetshenziswa emathangeni kaphethiloli azayo.
Umkhumbi-mkhathi we-Starship uhluke kakhulu ku-Crew Dragon, esanda kwenzeka ku-International Space Station. Inkanyezi kulindeleke ukuthi ikwazi ukuthutha abantu ibase eNyangeni, kuMars nakwamanye amaplanethi.
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