I-SpaceX ibambe umhlaba ngesivunguvungu eminyakeni yamuva nje ngokuqhamuka namarokhethi asebenzisekayo kabusha kanye nezifiso ezinkulu zokuhlala ku-Mars. Kodwa kunomunye umdlali embonini yasemkhathini okufanele abheke: Isikhala Sokuhlobana.
Le femu esencane, eyethulwe ngo-2015, izama indlela ehluke ngokuphelele yokundiza emkhathini. Bakha amarokhethi ngokushesha futhi ishibhile kunangaphambili besebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bokuphrinta be-3D obusezingeni eliphezulu.
Ngenkathi i-SpaceX ithathe ukunaka komphakathi, i-Relativity Space yenza amagagasi buthule futhi ilungele ukuphazamisa kakhulu imboni.
Kulokhu okuthunyelwe, sizoqhathanisa futhi siqhathanise I-SpaceX futhi Isikhala sobudlelwano, ebheka amakhono abo okuqalisa, imikhumbi-mkhathi, ubuchwepheshe, nezinhlelo zokubona ukuthi lezi zinhlangano ezimbili zokudala ziqhathaniswa kanjani.
Okokuqala, ake sifinyelele ekuqaleni kwendaba.
Uhlolojikelele olufushane lwe-SpaceX: Umlando kanye Nokufeziwe
U-Elon Musk udale i-SpaceX njengomkhiqizi we-aerospace waseMelika ozimele ngo-2002. Wayenenhloso yokwehlisa izindleko zokuhamba emkhathini futhi ekugcineni azuze ukuxazululwa kwe-Mars.
Kusukela lapho, i-SpaceX isizuze intuthuko enkulu emkhakheni wezomkhathi, yafinyelela iziqongo eziningi futhi yenza umlando. I-SpaceX yethula ngempumelelo i-rocket yayo yokuqala ye-Falcon 1 ngo-2006, yaba inkampani yokuqala exhaswa ngezimali ngasese ukuzungeza irokhethi eliphehlwa uketshezi.
Amarokhethi Asebenziseka Kabusha: I-Space Travel Game-Changer
Ukwakhiwa kwamarokhethi asebenziseka kabusha yi-SpaceX kungenye yezimpumelelo ezinkulu zenkampani. Ngokomlando, amarokhethi ake asetshenziswa kanye kuphela ngaphambi kokuba alahlwe, okwenza uhambo lwasemkhathini lubize futhi lumoshe.
Kodwa-ke, ngokuvumela ukusetshenziswa kabusha kwezingxenye ezibiza kakhulu zerokhethi, amarokhethi e-SpaceX asebenziseka kabusha, njenge-Falcon 9 kanye ne-Falcon Heavy, ehlise kakhulu izindleko zokuhamba emkhathini.
Ngenxa yalokhu kuqanjwa kabusha, i-SpaceX manje isingumdlali obalulekile embonini yasemkhathini futhi inganikeza ukuqaliswa ngesaphulelo esibalulekile kulabo abaphikisana nabo.
I-Mars Colonization: A Bold Future Vision
Inhloso yokuhlala ku-Mars mhlawumbe ingumgomo onzima kakhulu we-SpaceX. Njengamanje le nhlangano yakha i-Starship, umkhumbi-mkhathi oshintshashintshayo okwazi ukuthutha abagibeli abangafika ku-100 ukuya ku-Mars.
I-Starship ihlelelwe ukuthi iphinde isetshenziswe, okuyenza ibe yindlela engabizi kakhulu yokuthutha abantu nempahla ku-Mars. Nakuba umqondo wokwenza i-Mars ikoloni ungase ubonakale ungathandeki, i-SpaceX yenze inqubekelaphambili ebalulekile ekuthuthukiseni ubuchwepheshe obudingekayo nengqalasizinda.
Ekugcineni, phakathi neminyaka engamashumi amabili edlule, i-SpaceX izuze intuthuko enkulu emkhakheni wezomkhathi. I-SpaceX isifinyelele izigigaba ezibalulekile futhi yenza umlando endleleni, kusukela emsuka wayo ophansi njengenkampani encane kuya endimeni yayo yamanje njengomdlali obalulekile ebhizinisini lasemkhathini.
Ukwakhiwa kwayo kwamarokhethi asebenziseka kabusha, umbimbi ne-NASA, kanye nezinhlelo zokuvelela ze-Mars colony konke kube nomthelela empumelelweni yayo futhi kwavala isikhundla sayo emlandweni wokuhlola umkhathi.
Ake sigxile kuvulandlela omusha embonini yasemkhathini, i-Relativity Space manje.
Ukunweba I-Frontiers of Space Technology nge-Relativity Space
Ngobuchwepheshe bokuphrinta be-3D obusezingeni eliphezulu, i-Relativity Space iguqula imboni yasemkhathini.
I-Relativity Space yasungulwa iqembu lonjiniyela abanombono kanye nosomabhizinisi ukuze baphazamise inqubo yokwakha amarokhethi endabuko ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe besimanje bokuphrinta be-3D ukuze bakhe amarokhethi ngokushesha, ashibhile, nangempumelelo kunangaphambili.
I-Relativity Space, enothando lokusungula nokuzibophezela ekuqhubekiseni imingcele yalokho okungenzeka, isilungele ukuthatha ukuhlola indawo iye phezulu - futhi zisaqala.
Amarokhethi Okuphrinta e-3D: Ukuphumelela Kokukhiqiza I-Aerospace
Ukusetshenziswa kwe-Relativity Space kobuchwepheshe bokuphrinta be-3D ukukhiqiza amarokhethi kungenye yezinto eziqanjiwe ezibaluleke kakhulu.
Indlela yenkampani yokunyathelisa ye-3D enelungelo lobunikazi, eyaziwa ngokuthi "i-Stargate," iyenza ikwazi ukukhiqiza izinjini zamarokhethi eziphelele nezinye izinto esikhathini esingamaviki, kwehlisa isikhathi sokukhiqiza amarokhethi nezindleko.
I-Relativity Space ingakha namarokhethi ngokunemba okukhulu kanye nokwenza kube ngokwakho ngalobu buchwepheshe kunezinqubo zokukhiqiza ezijwayelekile.
I-Terran 1: Imoto Yokwethulwa Yekusasa
I-Terran 1, i-Relativity Space yemoto yokwethulwa kwengqalasizinda, iyirokhethi elincane kodwa elinamandla elisebenziseka kabusha futhi elikwazi ukukhuphukela ku-1,250 kg wempahla iye ku-Earth orbit.
I-Terran 1 ithi ishintsha igeyimu emkhakheni womkhathi, enikeza izindlela ezisheshayo, ezishibhile, nezithembeke kakhulu zokwethula amasathelayithi nokunye okukhokhelwayo ku-orbit ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bokuphrinta be-3D nobunjiniyela obusezingeni eliphezulu.
Ubambiswano nabatshalizimali: Ukubeka Isisekelo Sekusasa
Ukuze kufezwe injongo yaso, i-Relativity Space yenze izivumelwano namabhizinisi amaningi adumile asemkhathini kanye nabatshalizimali.
Ibhizinisi lithole inkontileka noMnyango Wezokuvikela wase-US ngo-2020 ukuze lethule indiza ye-rocket ye-Terran 1, okumaka ingqophamlando ebalulekile enkampanini. Iphinde yathola imali ezinkampanini eziningi ezaziwayo ze-venture capital.
Ngakho-ke, manje ake sizame ukuqhathanisa lezi zinkampani ezimbili zasemkhathini ngokufana kwazo, izindlela, nokuhluka kwazo.
Umbono Ofanayo
I-Relativity Space kanye ne-SpaceX zombili izinkampani ezizimele ezinombono wokuguqula ubuchwepheshe bendawo. Banethemba lokwenza ukuhlola komkhathi nokwethulwa kwesathelayithi kufinyeleleke kakhudlwana, kungabizi, futhi kusimeme ngangokunokwenzeka.
Ukuqamba Kwezobuchwepheshe
Zombili lezi zinkampani ziyaziwa ngobuchwepheshe bazo obusezingeni eliphezulu kanye nokuqamba izinto ezintsha. I-SpaceX yaziwa kakhulu ngamarokhethi ayo asebenziseka kabusha kanye nemikhumbi-mkhathi, kuyilapho i-Relativity Space ikhiqiza amarokhethi aphelele futhi yethule izimoto isebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bokuphrinta be-3D.
I-Commercial Concentrations
Zombili izinkampani zikhathazeke kakhulu ngokuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zokwethulwa kwezentengiso kumakhasimende ezimbonini ezahlukahlukene, okubandakanya ezokuxhumana, ucwaningo lwesayensi, kanye nokuphepha kuzwelonke.
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Ukutshalwa kwezimali kanye nokuxhaswa ngezimali
I-SpaceX ithole uxhaso olukhulu kubatshalizimali abazimele kanye nezinkontileka zikahulumeni, okuhlanganisa ukusebenzisana ne-NASA kanye namasosha ase-United States. I-Relativity Space, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ithole ukutshalwa kwezimali okuncane futhi ayikatholi noma yiziphi izinkontileka zenhlangano.
Rocket Science and Technology
Irokhethi ebizwa ngokuthi i-Terran 1 ithuthukiswa yi-Relativity Space ekwazi ukwethula imithwalo ekhokhayo emikhulu njengo-1,250 kg ibe yi-Earth orbit ephansi futhi iphrintwe nge-3D ngokugcwele. Ngo-2022, i-rocket kulindeleke ukuthi yethulwe okokuqala ngqa.
I-Falcon 9 iyimoto yokwethulwa eyinhloko ye-SpaceX futhi inamandla okulayisha afinyelela ku-22,800 kg ku-Earth orbit. I-Falcon Heavy, ekwazi ukuthutha imithwalo emikhulu, nayo yathuthukiswa yinhlangano.
Ukwengeza, i-SpaceX idala i-Starship, umkhumbi-mkhathi ongasetshenziswa kabusha ngokugcwele ongathwala abagibeli nempahla iye eNyangeni nase-Mars.
Ukuphinda usebenze
Amandla okusebenzisa kabusha amarokhethi indawo eyodwa lapho i-SpaceX iphumelele khona ekusungulweni okusha. Ibhizinisi lenze indlela eyenza ukuthi isigaba sokuqala serokhethi yalo i-Falcon 9 ibuyele eMhlabeni ngemva kokwethulwa ukuze ilungiswe futhi isetshenziswe futhi.
Ngenxa yalokho, izindleko zokuhamba emkhathini zehle kakhulu, futhi i-SpaceX isibe umholi kulo mkhakha.
I-Relativity Space ithi izofaka izingxenye ezisebenziseka kabusha kumiklamo yesikhathi esizayo, nokho, ibhizinisi alikakabonisi ukuthi amarokhethi abo angasetshenziswa kabusha.
Ikusasa Libaphatheleni?
I-Relativity Space ne-SpaceX womabili amavulandlela embonini aphusha imvilophu yobuchwepheshe nokudala ukuze kuvuleke isikhala futhi asize isintu sifinyelele ukuphakama okusha. I-SpaceX igxile ezinhlosweni eziningi, kusukela ekwethuleni eminye imisebenzi yomlaza wesathelayithi ye-Starlink kuya ekuthuthukiseni umkhumbi-mkhathi we-Starship ophinde usetshenziswe ngokugcwele ukuze ube nohambo lwabasebenzi oluya eNyangeni nase-Mars.
I-Relativity Space igxile ekusebenziseni ubuchwepheshe bokuphrinta be-3D ukuze kuguqulwe ukukhiqizwa kwamarokhethi futhi kunikeze ukufinyelela okufinyelelekayo emkhathini. Singalindela ikusasa elijabulisayo lokuhlola indawo kanye nobuchwepheshe njengoba lezi zinhlangano ziqhubeka nokuthuthukisa nokufeza izinhloso zazo.
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