I-SpaceX yaziwa ngokusungulwa kwayo okugqwesileyo kunye nokufika, kwaye ngoku iphumelele enye ikhontrakthi yokusungula ephezulu evela kwiNASA. I-arhente yakhetha iNkampani yeRocket ka-Elon Musk ukuba ithumele iindawo zokuqala zendlela yayo yenyanga ekudala ilindelwe kwindawo.
I-Gateway ithathwa njengesikhululo sokuqala sexesha elide soluntu enyangeni, esisikhululo esincinci. Kodwa ngokungafaniyo neSikhululo saMajukujuku saMazwe ngaMazwe, esijikeleza uMhlaba ngokuphantsi, isango liya kujikeleza iNyanga. Iza kuxhasa i-mission ye-astronaut ezayo, eyinxalenye ye-Artemis ye-NASA yemishini, ebuyela kwindawo yenyanga kwaye iseke ubukho obusisigxina apho.
Ngokukodwa, i-SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket System iya kuqalisa amandla kunye nezinto zokuqhubela phambili (i-PPE) kunye ne-Habitat kunye ne-Logistics Base (HALO), eziyinxalenye ebalulekileyo ye-portal.
I-HALO yindawo yokuhlala enoxinzelelo oluya kufumana i-astronauts endwendwelayo. I-PPE iyafana neenjini kunye neenkqubo ezigcina yonke into isebenza. I-NASA iyichaza “njengesiphekepheke somgangatho wama-60 weekilowatt zodidi olunamandla elanga esiza kunika amandla, unxibelelwano oluhamba ngesantya esiphezulu, ukulawula isimo sengqondo, kunye nokukwazi ukuhambisa i-portal kwiindlela ezahlukeneyo zenyanga.”
I-Falcon Heavy luqwalaselo olunzima lwe-SpaceX, olubandakanya ii-booster ezintathu ze-Falcon 9 ezidityaniswe kunye nenqanaba lesibini kunye nomthwalo wokuhlawula.
Ukususela ekuqaleni kwayo kwi-2018, u-Elon Musk's Tesla wabhabha waya eMars ngomboniso owaziwayo, i-Falcon Heavy iye yahamba kabini kuphela. I-Falcon Heavy iceba ukuphehlelela ipere yeesathelayithi zomkhosi kamva kulo nyaka, kwaye isungule i-NASA ye-Psyche mission ngo-2022.
Okwangoku, i-Lunar Gateway's PPE kunye ne-HALO iya kuqaliswa kwi-Kennedy Space Centre eFlorida ngoMeyi ka-2024.
Landela ikhalenda yendawo ka-CNET ka-2021 kuzo zonke iindaba zamva nje kulo nyaka. Ungayongeza kwiKhalenda yakho kaGoogle.
Ixesha lokuposa: Feb-24-2021