Ngokobuchwephesha baseburhulumenteni bokukhutshwa kwe-aeronautics kunye nophando lwendawo, i-USA (i-USA (NASA), ukulungiselela indiza yokuqala ijijile ngokupheleleyo. Icwangciselwe ukuqala kuka-Epreli-kungekuphelanga kunowesibhozo. Kodwa ixesha alininzi, njengoko kubonakala ngathi: Ukongeza kwindlela eya "intsimi yokubaleka", ethathe iintsuku ezimbalwa, inkqubo yokuseta kwakhona ihelikopta iya kuhlala iveki yonke. Kwaye emva koko, iinjineli zomhlaba kufuneka ziqhube uthotho lweetsheki zonke iinkqubo zobuchule.
NgoLwesibini, ngo-Matshi 23, kwi-akhawunti yase-Twitter esemthethweni yonyamezelo, ukuvuma ukuba isiciko sehelikopta sivele. Ukungena bekuhamba kunye nokukhanya kwendlu yezindlu zemo eyenziwe nge-carbon fiber, exhomekeke kumphezulu we-Mars, phantsi komphandle weGress. Uchungechunge lwe-snapshot lwenziwe kusetyenziswa ikhamera ye-Sherloc ibekwe kwi-robot wivipulator. Ngaphezulu kwe-iid esele ingekho mfuneko ibonakala kwaye ijikelezwe yicala le-innuity - isekhona kwimo yothutho.
Ke, ngexesha lokubhala ezi ndaba, uMercier sele ehamba ukuya kwindawo ekhethiweyo esemgangathweni kumphezulu weplanethi ebomvu. Le yindawo yesikwere enecala leemitha ezilishumi, eligudileyo kwaye likhululekile kwimiqobo yendalo. Indlela eya kuyo iya kuthatha iintsuku ezimbalwa. Emva koko unyamezelo luya kuphinda ujonge imeko yehelikopta "phantsi kwesisu", kwaye inkqubo yamanyathelo ngamanyathelo okukhuphela ubuchule iya kuqala. Iza kuhlala ineehotele ezintandathu (iintsuku zikaMartia), nganye apho iirobhothi ziya kwenza iqela lamaqela, emva koko bathumele ingxelo emhlabeni balinde uhlalutyo lwayo ngeenjineli:
- Okokuqala, kuya kuba lula ukuthandwa kwekhejini ukuya kwi-rover yintshabalalo elawulwayo ye-bolt yokulungisa;
- Ityuwa elandelayo iya kusebenza i-PYROPATron, ibambe i-lever i-fasttener kwintambo ye-elastic-ihelikopta iya kuphosa emazantsi eRight malunga nama-45 degrees, kwaye imilenze yayo yokuqala iya kuyenza i-45 imilenze yayo yokuqala iya kuyenza;
- Okulandelayo, imoto yombane encinci iya kugqiba ukujikeleza kwengqondo phantsi komntu onyamezelayo kwindawo ethe nkqo, ngoku ihelikopta ikumgama oziisentimitha ezili-13 kuphela emhlabeni;
- Kwityuwa yesihlanu, ezinye izixhasi ezimbini zobuchule ziya kwenzeka kwaye kuvavanyo lokugqibela lwemeko yayo ngaphambi kokuba isahlulele kwi-marshode-ngoku iqhagamshela i-bolt enye kuphela; Eli nyathelo yeyona nto imnandi kakhulu-iya kwenzeka kwityala lokugqibela le-telikopta kwinethiwekhi yonyamezelo, kuya kufuneka atye kuphela kwiphaneli yakhe encinci yelanga;
- Kwisithandathu, i-SALU yokugqibela ye-SALUIPTER iya kuseta kwakhona emhlabeni, kwaye i-rover iqhubekile malunga neemitha ezintlanu kwibhetri enelanga kubuchule, okokuqala ngqa emva kovavanyo kunye nokukhanya emhlabeni.
Elinye lala manqanaba eqela elingentla kwiqela liya kubekwa esweni lombulelo kwimifanekiso. Isiphumo sokuba wonke umntu alindele: ubuchule abane ngemilenze yayo enqabileyo bemi kumgangatho waseMartian, ebonakala ngokucacileyo kwiilensi zamagumbi okuhamba. Emva kokwahlukana ne-marshode, ihelikopta iya kuba nobusuku obuyi-30 ukuzaliseka komsebenzi kuphela. Oku akuthethi ukuba emva kokuphelelwa kwefilimu, irobhothi ebhabhayo iya kucima: ngomsebenzi omde, umboniso wetekhnoloji awuzange ubalwe. Njengoko usazi ngokusuka kumava, owenziwe kwi-Jet Propulsion Lab ubuchule boBuchule buhlala bugqitha "i-wileranti ye-wiage", kodwa azikho ukuzithemba.
Iintsuku zokuqala "zobomi" bezimeleyo "ezizimeleyo, abaphandi berobhothi baya kuchitha ngokumisela ijelo ledatha phakathi komnye kunye nokuthumela i-telemetry emhlabeni. Unyamezelo kufuneka bathumele iifoto (kwaye, mhlawumbi ividiyo) yehelikopta ivela kuwo onke amacala, kunye nokudlulisela iziphumo zokuhlola ezizimeleyo zazo zonke iinkqubo ezifunyenweyo kuzo. Nje ukuba iinjineli zigwetyiwe ukuba yonke into ilungelelene, ubuchule buza kufumana iqela ukukhuthaza isikrelemnqa sabo - ngelixa kungenjalo kwisantya esipheleleyo, ukuze singahambi.
Ngenxa yezi nkqubo ichazwe apha ngasentla yehelikopta yokuqala ye-exlitter, umntu anokuthatha ngokukhuselekileyo ukuba yonke imisebenzi elandelayo iya kuthatha ixesha elininzi. Kwangoko, ngo-Epreli 8, akufanelekanga ukulinda indiza, kwaye lo mhla awunakuba ekugqibeleni.
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