I-SpaceX yaziwa ngokuqalisa kwayo okugqwesileyo kunye nokufika kwayo, kwaye ngoku iphumelele esinye isivumelwano sokuqalisa esidumileyo esivela kwi-NASA. Le arhente ikhethe i-Elon Musk's Rocket Company ukuthumela iinxalenye zokuqala zendlela yayo yenyanga ebilindelwe ixesha elide esibhakabhakeni.
I-Gateway ithathwa njengeyona ndawo yokuqala yokuphuma ixesha elide yoluntu enyangeni, esisikhululo esincinci sasemajukujukwini. Kodwa ngokungafaniyo ne-International Space Station, ejikeleza uMhlaba kancinci, isango liza kujikeleza iNyanga. Liza kuxhasa umsebenzi we-astronaut ozayo, oyinxalenye yomsebenzi we-Artemis we-NASA, obuyela kumphezulu wenyanga kwaye umise ubukho obuhlala buhleli apho.
Ngokukodwa, iSpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket System iza kuqalisa izinto zamandla kunye nokuqhutywa (i-PPE) kunye neHabitat and Logistics Base (i-HALO), eziyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yesango.
I-HALO yindawo yokuhlala exineneyo eya kufumana oosomajukujuku abatyeleleyo. I-PPE ifana neenjini kunye neenkqubo ezigcina yonke into isebenza. I-NASA iyichaza njenge "inqwelo-moya enamandla elanga engama-60 kilowatts eya kubonelela ngamandla, unxibelelwano olukhawulezayo, ulawulo lwesimo sengqondo, kunye nokukwazi ukuhambisa isango ukuya kwiindlela ezahlukeneyo zenyanga."
I-Falcon Heavy yinkqubo enzima yeSpaceX, equlathe ii-boosters ezintathu zeFalcon 9 ezidityaniswe kunye nesigaba sesibini kunye nomthwalo.
Ukususela oko yaqala ukusebenza ngo-2018, iTesla ka-Elon Musk yabhabha yaya eMars kumboniso owaziwayo, iFalcon Heavy ibhabha kabini kuphela. IFalcon Heavy iceba ukukhupha iisathelayithi ezimbini zomkhosi kamva kulo nyaka, kwaye iqalise umsebenzi we-NASA wePsyche ngo-2022.
Okwangoku, i-PPE kunye ne-HALO yeLunar Gateway ziza kuqaliswa kwiKennedy Space Center eFlorida ngoMeyi 2024.
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Ixesha lokuthumela: Februwari-24-2021