Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi u-Elon Musk ungomunye wabambalwa ukusebenza ama-futurists aqhubekisela phambili abantu esikhathini esizayo.
Umsunguli we-SpaceX akagcinanga nje ngokuba matasa edala inyoka eyirobhothi leyo iphuma ngokuzenzakalelayo odongeni ukushaja imoto kagesi, ukuthuthukisa a I-Mars Transporter lokho kuhlelwe ukuthi kumenyezelwe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka noma umane kube neyodwa ye best Twitter feeds kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, usezophonsa irokhethi emkhathini futhi alibuyisele emhlabeni, ukuhlala esikebheni ngasogwini oluseNingizimu yeCalifornia.
Kulabo abebengakaze bahlole izindaba ze-SpaceX, inkampani eklama umkhumbi-mkhathi, ekhiqizayo kanye neyokwethula ibihlela ukwethula i-rocket yabo ye-CRS-5 Falcon 9 ngo-Okthoba kodwa kwadingeka ukuthi baqhubekisele phambili usuku lwabo lokwethulwa ku-December ngenxa yezinkinga zangaphambi kwesikhathi. -ukwethula ukuhlolwa, okubuye kwabambezeleka. Ithimba liphinde lazama ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto ngoLwesibili kodwa laphinde lahlangabezana nezinkinga futhi lanquma ukulinda kuze kube ngoMgqibelo ekuseni (01/10) ngo-4:47 AM ET.
Ngokusho the I-SpaceX liveblog NgoLwesibili, "onjiniyela besibalo sokugcina babone i-drift kwenye yama-thrust vector actuator kwenye yama-thrust vector actuator amabili esigabeni sesibili okungenzeka ukuthi ibangele ukuhushulwa kwesisu okuzenzakalelayo." Njengoba inhloso ye-Falcon 9 ingahlanganisi ukwethula i-rocket kuphela kodwa futhi ukuyibuyisela ngokuphephile eMhlabeni ukuze isetshenziswe kabusha, le mininingwane ibibalulekile kuthumo oluyimpumelelo.
Ukwethulwa ngoMgqibelo ekuseni kuzokwenzeka ngo ICape Canaveral, eFlorida futhi izoletha izinsiza ezihlanganisa ukudla nezinto zesayensi eSiteshini Somkhathi Samazwe Ngamazwe ngomkhumbi wezimpahla we-Dragon onboard. Phakathi kwezinye izizathu zokwethulwa, i-SpaceX ifuna ukuhlola ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukwethula ngempumelelo kanye nokubeka irokhethi engasetshenziswa kabusha. Uma i-mission iphumelele, ngeke nje yonge imali ye-SpaceX ngesikhathi semishini yesikhathi esizayo kodwa futhi ifakazele ukuthi ukuhlola emkhathini akufanele kubize njengoba bekunjalo njengamanje.
"Uma konke kuhamba njengoba bekuhleliwe, u-Dragon uzofika esiteshini cishe ezinsukwini ezimbili ngemuva kokusuka," kusho i-SpaceX. “UDragon kulindeleke ukuthi abuyele eMhlabeni ngemva kwamasonto amane nesigamu ukuze azobhuquza ngesizwa ngeparachute ogwini oluseningizimu yeCalifornia. I-Dragon ukuphela komkhumbi-mkhathi osebenzayo okwazi ukubuyisela inani elikhulu lempahla eMhlabeni, okuhlanganisa nokuhlola. "
Uma umsebenzi uhamba njengoba bekuhleliwe, umkhumbi wezimpahla we-Dragon uzofika e-International Space Station ngoMsombuluko, Januwari 12 cishe ngo-6 AM ngesikhathi saseMpumalanga. Uma nganoma yisiphi isizathu ukwethulwa kwangoMgqibelo kubambezelekile, i-SpaceX ihlela ukwenza umzamo olandelayo ngoLwesibili, Januwari 13 ngo-3:36 AM.
Uma kufaneleka ukuvuka ekuseni/ukuhlala sekwephuzile noma ngabe ukuphi, ungadlulela ku-SpaceX ukuze hlala unolwazi nge-Livecast kusukela ngo-3:30 AM.
