ULwesibili, Juni 23, SpaceX okunye ukuhlola kwe-Starship SN7 ye-spacecraft prototype. Njengengxenye yokuhlola, amandla ethangi likaphethiloli okuthelwa kulo i-nitrogen ewuketshezi ahlolwe. Ithangi lomkhumbi-mkhathi laqhuma, kodwa lo mphumela wawulindelwe ngempela futhi awumangazanga muntu.
Ukuhlolwa kwenziwa esikhumulweni semikhumbi-mkhathi esizimele senkampani, esisesigodini sase-Boca Chica, eTexas. Inhloso yokuhlolwa kwakuwukuhlola amandla ensimbi engagqwali okwakhiwa ngayo ithangi. Ngaphambilini, inkampani yasebenzisa i-alloy engu-301, kodwa njengengxenye yokuhlolwa, ithangi lenziwe ngensimbi engagqwali engu-304L.
Ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa, ithangi likaphethiloli lagcwala isithwathwa ngokuzumayo futhi ngesinye isikhathi iphansi lalo alikwazanga ukumelana nokucindezela nokuqhuma. Okwenzekile akumangazanga muntu, ngoba igebe belilindelwe - inkampani ibifuna ukuthola ukuthi ithangi likaphethiloli lingakwazi ukumelana nengcindezi engakanani.
I-RIP SN7 Test Tank. Siyabonga ngedatha!
UMariya () ukusakaza bukhoma!
- Chris B - NSF (@NASASspaceflight)
Ngemuva kwekhefu, i-prototype yaphakama ngamamitha amabili futhi yawa ngohlangothi. Isakhiwo sabhidlika maqondana nengqalasizinda yokugcwalisa, kodwa asilimalanga. Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, kwavela inja yerobhothi yeBoston Dynamics, esebenzela i-SpaceX eyaziwa ngokuthi nguZeus. Waqala ukuhlola isakhiwo, okwathi ngemva kwalokho kwacaca ukuthi konakala indawo engaphansi kuphela, nezindonga azithintekanga.
Ngokuka-Elon Musk, ukuvuza kwethangi kuwumphumela ongcono kunokuqhuma. Lapho lifinyelela ukucindezela kwe-bar engu-7,6, ithangi laqhuma, kodwa akuzange kuqhume. Lokhu kusho ukuthi esikhathini esizayo, insimbi engu-304L izosetshenziswa ekwenzeni ithangi likaphethiloli.
Umkhumbi-mkhathi we-Starship uhluke kakhulu kune-Crew Dragon, esanda kwenzeka ku-International Space Station. Kulindeleke ukuthi i-Starship ikwazi ukuletha abantu eNyangeni, kuMars nakwamanye amaplanethi.
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