U-Elon Musk waqala ukuhambisa umbono wokusebenzisa iirokethi zothutho lomhlaba ngo-2017.Blake Weyland / Unsplash Ingcamango enkulu ka-Elon Musk yokuthutha abantu ukusuka eNew York ukuya eShanghai ngaphantsi kwemizuzu engama-40 usebenzisa i-rocket ye-SpaceX iya kusetyenziswa ngumkhosi wase-US ukuhambisa izixhobo. Kule veki, inkampani yokuhlola indawo ityikitye isivumelwano kunye nePentagon ngokudibeneyo yokuphuhlisa irokethi enokuthi ihambise ukuya kuthi ga kwiitoni ezingama-80 zemithwalo nezixhobo naphina emhlabeni ngeyure nje enye, Ushishino ngaphakathi Kuxelwe okokuqala.
Irokethi iya kuba nakho ukubhabha ngesantya se-ultrasonic ukuya kuthi ga kwi-7,500 yeekhilomitha ngeyure. Ngamaxesha ali-15 ngokukhawuleza iinqwelomoya zomkhosi ohamba phambili ezikhoyo ngoku, ezinje nge-U.S C-17 Globemaster, enokufikelela kwisantya esiphezulu se-590 mph kwaye ixabise i-218 yezigidi zeedola.
Cinga ngokuhambisa umlinganiso we-C-17 yokuhlawula naphina emhlabeni kungaphelanga neyure, u-General Stephen Lyons, intloko ye-US Transportation Command uthe kwinkomfa ebonakalayo ngolwesithathu. Ndiyakuxelela i-SpaceX ihamba kakhulu, ngokukhawuleza kakhulu kule ndawo. Ndonwabile kakhulu liqela elisebenza ne-SpaceX.
Ngaphantsi kwesivumelwano, i-SpaceX iya kuvavanya iimfuno zetekhnoloji kunye neendleko zokwakha i-rocket, kuvavanyo lokuqala olulindeleke ukuba luqale kwangoko kunyaka olandelayo.
UMusk waqala watyibilika kumbono wokusebenzisa iirocket rockets zokuhamba ngesantya esiphezulu eMhlabeni kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo. Wacebisa ukuba i-SpaceX yokufika kwenyanga kunye ne-Mars-colonet rocket, i-Starship, inokuthi ithathe indawo yeenqwelomoya zorhwebo kuhambo olude lwehlabathi.
Uninzi lwabantu oluthatha njengoluhambo olude luya kugqitywa kungaphantsi kwesiqingatha seyure, yena utshilo kwiNgqungquthela ye-Astronautical International kwi-Australia ngoSeptemba 2017.
Ngokweyilo likaMusk, i-Starship rocket inokuhambisa abakhweli ukusuka eNew York ukuya eShanghai kwimizuzu engama-40, eLos Angeles ukuya e-Honolulu kwimizuzu engama-25 naseLondon ukuya eDubai kwimizuzu engama-29 ngqo.
Kodwa sekudlule iminyaka emithathu, kwaye i-Starship isasebenza. I-SpaceX ibale iiprototypes ezininzi kuvavanyo olusezantsi. Uhlobo lwayo lwamva nje, iStarship SN8, kulindeleke ukuba luye esibhakabhakeni kule nyanga.
