NgoFebruwari 2018, i-SpaceX isungule i-rocket yayo yokuqala ye-Falcon Heavy e-space no-Elon Musk we-2008 Tesla Roadster kunye nomqhubi we-dummy ogama lingu-Starman ebhodini. Ukwenza uhambo olude lwendawo ka Starman lube lodwa, uMusk wammisela ukuba aphulaphule ii-loops ezingapheliyo zikaDavid Bowie Ukungaqhelekanga kwesithuba kwindlebe enye kwaye Ubomi KuMars? ebudeni bohambo.
Emva kweminyaka emi-2,5 yokuzibuza kwindawo engaphandle, i-Starman-Roadster duo yandiza EyoKwindla kule veki okwesihlandlo sokuqala kumgama osondeleyo ongaphantsi nje kwezigidi ezintlanu zeekhilomitha.
U-Starman, okokugqibela ukubonwa eshiya uMhlaba, wenza indlela yakhe yokuqala kufutshane noMars namhlanje-ngaphakathi kwe-0.05 yeeyunithi zeenkwenkwezi, okanye ngaphantsi kwe-5 yezigidi zeekhilomitha, kwiRed Planet, SpaceX utshilo kwi-tweet ngolwesithathu. (Iyunithi enye yeenkwenkwezi ngumgama ophakathi koMhlaba nelanga, okanye i-93 yezigidi zeekhilomitha.)
I-Starman, eyokugqibela ukubonwa ishiya uMhlaba, yenza indlela yayo yokuqala kufutshane noMars namhlanje-ngaphakathi kwe-0.05 yeeyunithi zeenkwenkwezi, okanye ngaphantsi kweekhilomitha ezingama-5, kwiRed Planet pic.twitter.com/gV8barFTm7
-IsithubaX (@SpaceX) Nge-Okthobha 7, 2020
Ngoku ka UphiRoadster.com , indawo ezimeleyo elanda umkhondo weNdawo yeXesha likaRoadster, isithuthi sijikeleza ilanga kube kanye kwiintsuku ezingama-557. Igqibile ukujikeleza kwe-1.75 ejikeleze inkwenkwezi ukusukela oko kwasungulwa kwaye ngoku iyahambamalungaUmhlaba ngesantya se17,276iimayile ngeyure ukusuka kumgama we37,384,540iimayile, okanye3.34imizuzu elula.
Ukusukela ngoLwesine, imoto igqithile kwiwaranti yayo engama-36,00036,098.2amaxesha ngelixa uqhuba ujikeleza ilanga, indawo yokulandela umkhondo ithi, kwaye ifezekisile uqoqosho lwamafutha10,313.8iimayile ngegaloni nganye, ithatha iilitha ezingama-126,000 zepetroli.
Ukuba ibhetri yayisasebenza, u-Starman ngewayemamele Ukungaqhelekanga kwesithuba 264,916amaxesha kunye Ubomi KuMars? 356,963amaxesha.
Ekuqaleni i-Roadster yayithunyelwe kwindlela eya kwi-Mars 'orbit kwaye kulindeleke ukuba ingene kwi-Red Planet. Kodwa Izazinzulu emva kwexesha zibaliwe ukuba ekugqibeleni iyakuwela eMhlabeni, eVenus okanye elangeni-kwisithuba esimalunga nesigidi seminyaka.