I-SpaceX yaziwa ngokwethulwa kwayo okuhle kakhulu kanye nokufika kwayo, futhi manje isithole enye inkontileka yokwethulwa ephezulu evela ku-NASA. Le nhlangano ikhethe i-Rocket Company ka-Elon Musk ukuthumela izingxenye zokuqala zendlela yayo yenyanga ebilindelwe isikhathi eside emkhathini.
I-Gateway ibhekwa njengesikhungo sokuqala sesikhathi eside sesintu enyangeni, okuyisiteshi esincane sasemkhathini. Kodwa ngokungafani ne-International Space Station, ejikeleza uMhlaba phansi kakhulu, isango lizojikeleza iNyanga. Lizosekela umsebenzi we-astronaut ozayo, oyingxenye yomsebenzi we-Artemis we-NASA, obuyela ebusweni benyanga futhi umise ukuba khona okuhlala njalo lapho.
Ngokukhethekile, i-SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket System izokhipha izakhi zamandla kanye nokuqhutshwa (i-PPE) kanye ne-Habitat and Logistics Base (i-HALO), okuyizingxenye ezibalulekile ze-portal.
I-HALO iyindawo yokuhlala ecindezelekile ezokwamukela osomkhathi abavakashile. I-PPE ifana nezinjini nezinhlelo ezigcina yonke into isebenza. I-NASA iyichaza “njengendizamkhathi enamandla elanga enamandla angama-kilowatt angu-60 ezophinde inikeze amandla, ukuxhumana okusheshayo, ukulawula isimo sengqondo, kanye nekhono lokuhambisa isango liye ezindleleni ezahlukene zenyanga.”
I-Falcon Heavy iyilungiselelo elinzima le-SpaceX, eliqukethe ama-booster amathathu e-Falcon 9 ahlanganiswe nesigaba sesibili kanye nomthwalo wokulayisha.
Kusukela yaqala ukusebenza ngo-2018, i-Tesla ka-Elon Musk yandizela eMars embhikishweni owaziwayo, i-Falcon Heavy isindize kabili kuphela. I-Falcon Heavy ihlela ukwethula amasathelayithi amabili empi kamuva kulo nyaka, futhi iqalise umsebenzi we-NASA we-Psyche ngo-2022.
Njengamanje, i-PPE ne-HALO ye-Lunar Gateway zizokwethulwa kusukela eKennedy Space Center eFlorida ngoMeyi 2024.
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Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Feb-24-2021