Uvavanyo lweSpainX's Starhopper kule veki yayisisiqalo nje.IsithubaX Xa ifayile ye- abahambi bokuqala bazama ukuya eMars , inokuba ingemva kwe-rocket ye-SpaceX. U-Elon Musk, i-CEO yenkampani kudala wakhala ukuba isizathu sokudala inkampani yakhe yokwakha i-rocket yayikukwenza uluntu lube ziintlobo zeeplanethi ezininzi.
Elo phupha lithathe i-hop enkulu yenyani kule veki.
NgoLwesibini ngokuhlwa, i-SpaceX ikhuphe enye into ebalaseleyo yobunjineli njengenkampani yesiphekepheke i-Starhopper -umboniso wesithuthi sayo esizayo sokuhlola iMars-sibalekile. Ukubonakalisa inqaba yamanzi yesilivere (okanye mhlawumbi i-R2D2 ngaphandle komsebenzi opeyintiweyo oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nomhlophe), ubugcisa bokusebenza buye benyuka buye ekuphakameni okujolise kuko kweemitha ezingama-492 (150m) ngaphambi kokubuyela eMhlabeni.
Ixhaswe yinjini enye, ene-methane-ene-Raptor injini, ubude obuyi-60 yeenyawo (18m) i-chrome contraption emfutshane, i-57-yesibini indiza ibonakalise amandla esithuthi kunye nokuhamba ngendlela elawulwayo, ngelixa ubeka inqanaba lovavanyo olunobundlongondlongo kwiinyanga ezizayo njengoko inkqubo yophuhliso iqhubeka.
Umdlwenguli wagquma ebomini ngo-6: 02 ntambama I-CDT ngo-Agasti 27, kulandela ukulibaziseka kweeyure ezingama-24 ngenxa yomcimbi wobugcisa wokugqibela. Ukutshiza amadangatye kunye nokuqhushumba, inqanawa yomjukujelwa eneenkani yayijongeka ngathi iphantse yajikeleza ngaphezulu njengoko yayinyuka ngaphezulu komazantsi eTexas. Nje ukuba ubugcisa bufikelele kwindawo yayo evunyiweyo ye-FAA, yahamba ecaleni ngaphambi kokuba yehle kancinci kwipali yokumisa ekufuphi. Oku kuphawule i-rocket yesilingo yesibini-kunye neyokugqibela-indiza yovavanyo engafakwanga; eyokuqala yayingoJulayi ngobugcisa obufikelela kwindawo ekujolise kuyo malunga neenyawo ezingama-65.