ISpaceX ityhile iStartship Mk1 ngoSeptemba 28, 2019 eBoca Chica, eTexas.Ifoto nguLoren Elliott / Getty Izithombe Kwiinyanga ezimbini ezidlulileyo, u-Elon Musk watyhila uhlobo lokuqala lwe-SpaceX yesiphekepheke sayo sasemars, isikhululo esine-iron-esinamacala angama-165, esine-stainless steel space esibizwa ngokuba yi-Starship Mk1, kwindawo yovavanyo yenkampani eBoca Chica, eTexas. eyona nto ikhuthazayo endakha ndayibona.
Iprototype kaMk1 yayenzelwe ukuba ibe yeyokuqala kuninzi ukunceda IsithubaX fumana inkqubo yeStarship emhlabeni (ukufikelela kumjikelezo woMhlaba) kwisithuba seenyanga ezintandathu, kunye nemishini eguqulweyo enokuba iqale kwakamsinya kunyaka olandelayo. Kodwa le projekthi yabetha umva ngolwesiThathu, xa iMk1 yavuthela umphezulu wayo ngexesha lovavanyo loxinzelelo eBoca Chica, ivelisa ilifu elikhulu lomphunga omhlophe okhe wahlala imizuzu.
Esi siganeko sabanjwa kwikhamera ngababukeli abaliqela ababukele uvavanyo kude.
I-SpaceX ithe ukungaphumeleli kwakungalindelekanga ngokupheleleyo, kuba injongo yovavanyo lwangoLwesithathu yayikukucinezela iinkqubo kwi-max. Khange kubekho nzakalo, kwaye ayisiyiyo le ngxaki, utshilo inkampani kwingxelo.
Kwi-Twitter, abalandeli beSpaceX bebethumela amazwi ovelwano kwaye, kwezinye iimeko, ingcebiso yezobuchwephesha, kuMusk. Ukuphendula kwirasta elinye elinomdla kakhulu elacebisa ukuba i-SpaceX idlulele kwizizukulwana ezizayo ze-Starship prototypes, endaweni yokuzama ukulungisa i-Mk1 eyonakeleyo, u-CEOX we-SpaceX wabhala, Ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa ukuya kuyilo lwe-Mk3 [prototype yesizukulwana sesithathu]. Oku kunexabiso elithile njengendlela yokuvelisa, kodwa uyilo lwenqwelomoya lwahlukile.
ISpaceX sele ikwinkqubo yokwakha iStartship Mk2, apho uvavanyo lweskorbital lungaqala khona ngasekupheleni konyaka, kwaye sele luza kuqala inkqubo yokuvelisa iMk3, eyilelwe ukubhabha kumjikelo woMhlaba.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa ukuya kuyilo lweMk3. Oku kunexabiso elithile njengendlela yokuvelisa, kodwa uyilo lwenqwelomoya lwahlukile.
-Elon Musk (@elonmusk) NgoNovemba 20, 2019
