I-Indiya ivula i-mini-shuttle yayo yokuqala

I-India isanda kuphakamisa ibha kwibala lohambo lokuhamba kweendleko eziphantsi. I-agency yesikhala saseNdiya yabonisa ngokuphumelelayo i-spacecraft yokuqala yokuhamba ngesiza, ekuza kuba yi-shuttle epheleleyo.

Uvavanyo lohambo lwaba njani

I-shuttle engapheliyo yokubuyisela i-RLV-TD inebude beemitha ezili-7 kunye nobukhulu beetoni eziyi-1.5. Yayisungulwa ngo-7 ngoMvulo odlulileyo kwi-Rocket accelerator yayo yase-Indiya evela kwiziko leSatishi iDhavana.

Isithuthi sokusungula saphakamisa i-shuttle ukuya kuma-kilomita angama-56. Ukuqhubela phambili, usebenzisa i-system yayo yokunyakaza yokuzimela, i-RLV-TD ifinyelele kwinqanaba eliphezulu kwiikhilomitha ezingama-65.

Njengoko kucetywayo, ke i-shuttle yaqala ukuhla kwayo, ihamba ngokuya e-Bay of Bengal. Ingqwalasela eyintloko yahlawulwa ngayo indlela eya kujamelana ngayo nokungena kwakhona emoyeni womhlaba, ukuhamba ngejubane yeeyure eziyi-6 000 kwikhilomitha.

I-RLV-TD ilawulwa ngempumelelo ngokusebenzisa inkqubo yokuhamba ngokuzenzekelayo kwaye yakwazi ukusinda emva kokungena kwakhona emoyeni. Ukuhamba kwexesha lokuhamba kwe-shuttle kwakunemizuzu eyi-10, ide ifike elwandle kude kumakhilomitha angama-450 ukusuka kwisiza sokusungula.

Ngaba izithuthi ziya kufumaneka?

Olu qulunqo luyintlahlela entsha kwiprogram yendawo yamaNdiya emva kokuba i-mission yayo yokujikeleza kuka-Mars ngo-2013 ibonise ukuba ukulawula okuzimeleyo, ukukhusela okukhuselweyo kunye nokungena kwakhona emoyeni kwagqitywa olu vavanyo olubukhulu kunye namava angasetyenziselwa isithuthi esipheleleyo sendawo .

Uphuhliso kunye nokwakhiwa kwe-RLV-TD yachitha i-dollar ezigidi ezili-14 kuphela, kwaye i-agency yendawo ye-Indian inethemba lokuba kwiminyaka eyi-10 ezayo iya kuba ne-vehicle space full-time, eya kuba ngamaxesha angaphezulu kwezi-6 ngaphezu komzekelo. Igosa lijolise kwienqwelo-moya ezingabizi. Ngokomzekelo, iinjongo zabo eMars zibiza imali engama-73 yezigidi ezigidi, ezithengwa kakhulu kunokuba zivakatyelele kwi-Planet ebomvu.

Ukuqaliswa ngempumelelo kwe-shuttle kunokuthetha ukunyuka okukhulu kwemali evela kwamanye amazwe abanomdla wokuthumela abemi bayo kwisiza ngexabiso elisezantsi. Isikhundla X kunye neBlue Origin - iinkampani ezimbini ezizimeleyo zase-US - ngoku zifumana ubuchwepheshe obubuyiselwayo, kanti abanye, njenge-European Space Agency, bahlakulela lolu hlobo lobuchwepheshe. Oku kuthetha ukuba iindiza ezikwindawo yangaphandle ziza kuba zifikeleleke ngokukhawuleza.