isikhala igolide rush

Udumo lwabezindaba oluzungeza izinhlelo zokuvelela zokuhlolwa komkhathi lwadamba isikhashana njengoba ababoni bebhekene namaqiniso kanye nokulinganiselwa kwezobuchwepheshe. Nokho, muva nje isiqale ukukhuphuka futhi. I-Moon Express yethule izinhlelo ezihlaba umxhwele zokunqoba inyanga nengcebo yayo.

Ngokusho kwabo ngo-2020, kufanele kwakhiwe isisekelo sezimayini, lapho i-Silver Globe igcwele khona. Isinyathelo sokuqala sokwenza lezi zinhlelo ziphile ukuthumela uphenyo lwe-MX-1E kusathelayithi yethu ekupheleni kwalo nyaka. Umsebenzi wakhe kuyoba ukuwela phezu kobuso benyanga futhi ahambe kuyo ibanga elithile. Inkampani enesibopho i-Moon Express ihlose ukuwina umklomelo I-Google Lunar X Award, ebiza amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-30. Izinkampani zango-2017 zibambe iqhaza kulo mqhudelwano. Umbandela wokubamba iqhaza emncintiswaneni ukunqoba ibanga elingama-500 m ekupheleni konyaka wama-XNUMX futhi uthathe futhi uthumele izithombe namavidiyo asezingeni eliphezulu eMhlabeni.

Indawo yokuqala yokufikela ecatshangelwa umkhankaso we-Moon Express ithi I-Mount Malapert, indawo ephakeme engamakhilomitha amahlanu Isifunda sase-Aitkenokuyinto isikhathi esiningi ehlala igcwele ukukhanya kwelanga futhi inikeza umbono oqondile woMhlaba kanye nesifunda senyanga amahora angu-24 ngosuku. I-Shackleton Crater.

Lesi yisiqalo nje, ngoba esigabeni sesibili, amarobhothi ophenyo olulandelayo azothunyelwa enyangeni, I-MX-2 - ukuze bakhe isisekelo socwaningo azungeze i-South Pole. Isisekelo sizosetshenziselwa ukucinga izinto zokusetshenziswa. Kuzophinde kuthungathelwe amanzi, okuzovumela ukufakwa nokugcinwa kwamanzi iziteshi zabantu. Kukhona nezinhlelo zokuhlinzeka ngamasampula athathwe ebusweni beNyanga - ekuqaleni kuka-2020 kusetshenziswa olunye uphenyo, olubhalwe ukuthi I-MX-9 (1).

1. Ukuhamba komkhumbi onamasampula enhlabathi yenyanga ukusuka ebusweni beNyanga - ukubona ngeso lengqondo i-Moon Express mission

Izimpahla zenyanga ezilethwa eMhlabeni ngale ndlela azinalo ngempela igolide noma i-helium-3 yomlando, okuthiwa isebenza kahle kakhulu. Abaqambi bayaqaphela ukuthi noma imaphi amasampula abuyiswe enyangeni angabiza imali eshisiwe. Idayiswe ngo-1993, amagremu angu-0,2 e-moonstone abiza cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-0,5. Kuneminye imibono yebhizinisi - isibonelo, izinsizakalo zokulethwa kwama-urns ngomlotha wabafileyo enyangeni ngemali ephakeme kakhulu. Umsunguli we-Moon Express uNaveen Jain akakufihli ukuthi inhloso yenkampani yakhe "ukukhulisa indawo yezomnotho yoMhlaba iye eNyangeni, okuyizwekazi lesishiyagalombili ngobukhulu nelingakaze libonwe.".

Lapho i-platinum asteroids indiza...

Cishe eminyakeni emine edlule, abameleli bezinkampani ezizimele zaseMelika eziyishumi nambili baqala ukukhuluma ngamaphrojekthi okudala nokuthumela amarobhothi ayengakwazi ukundizela kuma-asteroids noma eNyangeni kuphela, kodwa futhi aqoqe izinto eziningi phezulu azihambise Umhlaba. Umhlaba. I-NASA isiqalile nokuhlela umkhankaso wokuthwebula i-asteroid bese iyibeka emzileni ozungeza inyanga.

Mhlawumbe ezazidume kakhulu kwakuyizimemezelo ze-consortium izinsiza zeplanethi, esekelwe umqondisi we-Avatar u-James Cameron, kanye ne-Google's Larry Page kanye no-Eric Schmidt, kanye nabanye osaziwayo abambalwa. Umgomo wawuwukuba ukumbiwa kwezinsimbi namaminerali abalulekile eduze komhlaba ama-asteroids (2). Le nkampani, eyasungulwa ngosomabhizinisi abasabheka phambili, bekufanele iqale ukumba izimayini ngo-2022. Le dethi ayibonakali ingokoqobo ngalesi sikhathi.

Ngokushesha ngemva kwegagasi lezinhlelo zezimayini zasemkhathini, ngasekupheleni kuka-2015, uMongameli u-Barack Obama wasayina umthetho olawula ukudonswa komcebo kuma-asteroids. Umthetho omusha uyalihlonipha ilungelo lezakhamuzi zase-US lokuba nezinsiza ezimbiwa emadwaleni asemkhathini. Futhi kuwuhlobo lomhlahlandlela Wezinsiza Zeplanethi nezinye izinhlangano ezifuna ukuceba emkhathini. Igama eligcwele lomthetho omusha: "Umthetho mayelana nokuncintisana kokuqaliswa kwendawo yezohwebo". Ngokusho kosopolitiki abamesekayo lokhu kuzovuselela amabhizinisi nezimboni imbala. Kuze kube manje, ibingekho imithetho ecacile ekhuthaza izinkampani ukuthi zitshale izimali zezimayini emkhathini.

Akwaziwa ukuthi indiza ye-2015 eduze noMhlaba ibe nomthelela, i.e. 2,4 million km, ngesinqumo sikaMongameli wase-United States, i-asteroidy 2011 UW158, ngokuvamile okuyiplatinum ngakho-ke ibiza izigidigidi zamadola. Le nto inomumo obude, cishe ngamamitha angama-600 ubude, amamitha angama-300 ububanzi futhi yayingabhekwa izazi zezinkanyezi njengengozi engaba khona emhlabeni. Wayengekho futhi akekho, ngoba uzobuyela endaweni yoMhlaba - ukunakwa! - kakade ngo-2018, futhi mhlawumbe ngisho nangaleso sikhathi bonke abalingwa ingcebo enkulu bazofuna ukuqhuba ukuqashelwa kwendawo eduze.

Ingabe kuzokwenzekani ukuletha uthuli lwasemkhathini olugcwele isandla?

Okwamanje akwaziwa ukuthi i-Moon Express izohamba kanjani nokulethwa kwezinto ezivela eNyangeni. Kuyaziwa lokho ucezu lwe-asteroid kufanele silethwe kithi eminyakeni eyisithupha ngophenyo lwe-NASA OSIRIS-REx, lwethulwe ngonyaka owedlule ngerokhethi ye-Atlas V.. Uma konke kuhamba ngokohlelo, i-capsule ebuyayo yomkhumbi wocwaningo waseMelika izobuyisela amasampula edwala eMhlabeni ngo-2023 Amaplanethi e-Bennu.

3. Ukubona ngeso lengqondo umsebenzi we-OSIRIS-REx

Umkhumbi uzofika ku-asteroid ngo-August 2018. Eminyakeni emibili ezayo, izoyizungeza, icubungula i-Bennu ngamathuluzi esayensi, ivumele abasebenzisa umhlaba ukuthi bakhethe indawo engcono kakhulu yokwenza amasampula. Bese, ngoJulayi 2020, i-OSIRIS-REx (3) izosondela kancane kancane endaweni yesibhakabhaka. Ngemva kokubuka, ngaphandle kokuhlala phezu kwayo, ngenxa yomcibisholo, izoqoqa kusuka phezulu kusuka ku-60 kuya ku-2000 amagremu amasampula.

I-mission, yebo, inenjongo yesayensi. Sikhuluma ngokuhlola iBennu ngokwayo, okungenye yezinto ezingaba yingozi emhlabeni. Ososayensi bazobe bebuka amasampula ezindaweni zokucwaninga, okungenzeka zandise kakhulu ulwazi lwabo. Kodwa izifundo ezifundiwe zingahamba ibanga elide ezindizeni ezisemkhathini.