Njengoba abalandeli bakaTesla bethanda ukusho ngokuphindaphindiwe: I-Tesla ayilona nje uhlobo lwemoto. Ngokungeziwe ezimotweni, uTesla ukhiqiza izixazululo zobunjiniyela zamakhaya, ingqalasizinda yezokuthutha ngomzila wesitimela kanye… namarokhethi. Yebo, amarokhethi. I-SpaceX, okungeka-Elon Musk, izibophezele ekuguquleni ezokuthutha zasemkhathini.
Irokhethi entsha ye-SpaceX, i-Falcon Heavy, ithembisa ukuthutha amasathelayithi, okuthengiswayo, njll., iphume emzileni womhlaba ngengxenyana yenani lezinye izinhlelo ze-aerospace. Uyathanda? Esinye sezixazululo ze-Falcon Heavy yikhono lokuphinda zisebenzise izinjini, okuthi kwezinye izinhlelo zasemkhathini zishayeke phansi.
Ukukhishwa kokuqala, okuvela ohlelweni olubanzi lokuhlola lwe-Falcon Heavy, kuzoba ngenyanga ezayo, ngoFebhuwari 6. Ngaphakathi kuzoba yiTesla Roadster. Lapho ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule u-Elon Musk ethi uzokwethula i-Tesla emkhathini, kwakucatshangwa ukuthi uyadlala. Kodwa kwakungenjalo...
Kungani u-Tesla Roadster?
Ngoba… u-Elon Musk! Usomabhizinisi waseMelika wenze kwaziwa nge-akhawunti yakhe ye-Instagram ukuthi ukwethulwa kwerokhethi yokuqala kwakusetshenziselwa ukusebenzisa amabhulokhi okhonkolo ukulingisa isisindo somthwalo. Kodwa ku-Elon Musk lokhu "kuyisicefe". Ngakho esikhundleni sokhonkolo, ngaphakathi kwe-Falcon Heavy kuyoba yi-Tesla Roadster.
Asizazi izinqubo zokungenisa izimoto emkhathini, kodwa akufanele kube nzima kunokungenisa imoto ePortugal.
Izinombolo ze-Falcon Heavy
Ngokwezinombolo, i-Falcon Heavy ineshidi lobuchwepheshe elihloniphekile. Inamandla okuphefumula angu-63,800 kg afika ku-300 km ukusuka phansi, umphumela wezinjini ze-Merlin 1D ezingu-27, okulingana nezindiza ezingama-20 ze-Boeing 747.
umgomo omkhulu
Enye yezinhloso eziyinhloko zika-Elon Musk ukwenza uhambo lwasemkhathini kanye nokuthathwa kwamaplanethi afana ne-Mars kwenzeke ngobuchwepheshe be-Space X.
Ngingathanda ukufela ku-Mars. Kodwa hhayi ekufikeni...
Uhlelo lwe-Falcon Heavy ngesinye isinyathelo kule ndlela. Esikhathini esizayo esiseduze, okokusebenza okudingekayo kule mishini kuzohanjiswa ku-Falcon Heavy, kukhishwe emzileni woMhlaba: ukuze kwenziwe ikoloni i-Mars. Isikhala esilingana nokutholwe olwandle lwama-Portuguese. Kulungile...kunjalo.