Nangona idatha evela ii-orbiters bacebise ubukho be amanzi umkhenkce, ukuphononongwa kwe oyinyanga ama-craters kwimimandla ye-polar yenyanga ayikwazanga ukwenzeka ngenxa yokungabikho kobugcisa obufanelekileyo kumandla oyinyanga iiroli kwindawo ezihlala zimnyama, ezibanda kakhulu ezinobushushu obuyi-240°C. Iprojekthi ye-PHILIP ('Ukunika amandla iirovers ngeHigh Intensity Laser Induction on Iiplanethi') egunyaziswe yiYurophu isithuba I-Arhente ikulungele ukuphuhlisa iiprototypes ezinokuthi zinike amandla e-laser kwezi rovers ngeenzame zokuphonononga ubungqina bobukho be amanzi kwezi craters.
inyanga ayijikelezi kwiasi yayo njengoko ijikeleza umhlaba kungoko elinye icala lenyanga lingabonakali emhlabeni kodwa omabini amacala afumana iiveki ezimbini zokukhanya kwelanga kulandele iiveki ezimbini zobusuku.
Noko ke, kukho iindawo ezitshoneyo kwimingxuma emi kummandla wenyanga kwincam yenyanga ezingafumani kukhanya kwelanga ngenxa yokuba i-engile esezantsi yokukhanya kwelanga eshiya ubunzulu bemingxuma engaphakathi bunesithunzi ngonaphakade. Obu bumnyama buhlala buhleli kwimingxuma encamkileyo bubenza bubanda kakhulu kuluhlu lwe -240°C olungqamana ngokuqikelelwa malunga nama-30 Kelvin okt 30 degrees ngaphezu kweqanda. Idatha efunyenwe kwi oyinyanga ii-orbiters ye-ESA, ISRO kwaye NASA babonise ukuba ezi ndawo ezinomthunzi ngokusisigxina zizityebi kwi-hydrogen, ebonisa ubukho be amanzi (umkhenkce) kwezi crater. Olu lwazi lunomdla kwisayensi kunye nomthombo wasekhaya we 'amanzi kunye neoksijini' yokuhlaliswa kwabantu kwinyanga ezayo. Ke ngoko, kukho imfuneko yerover enokuthi iye ezantsi kula craters, yombe ize nesampulu yovavanyo lokuqinisekisa ubukho bomkhenkce apho. Nikiwe oyinyanga iirovers zidla ngokunikwa amandla elanga, oku akukaphunyezwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kuba akukhange kukwazeke ukuqinisekisa unikezelo lwamandla kwiirovers ngelixa kuphononongwa ezinye zezi crater zimnyama.
Olunye uqwalaselo yayikukuba neeroli ezisebenza ngenyukliya kodwa oku kwafunyaniswa ukuba akufanelekanga ukuhlola umkhenkce.
Ukuthatha isicatshulwa kwiingxelo zokusetyenziswa kwelaser ukuya kumandla edrone ukuze zigcinwe ziphakame ixesha elide, iprojekthi UPHILIP ('Ukunika amandla iirovers ngokuFakwa okuPhezulu kweLaser kwi Iiplanethi') yagunyaziswa yiYurophu isithuba I-Arhente yokuyila epheleleyo i-laser-powered umsebenzi wokuhlola.
Iprojekthi ye-PHILIP igqityiwe ngoku kwaye i-ESA linyathelo elinye elisondele ekuxhobiseni amandla oyinyanga iirovers ezinelaser zokuphonononga ubumnyama obubanda kakhulu imingxuma yenyanga kufuphi neepali.
I-ESA ngoku izakuqala ukuphuhlisa iiprototypes zokuhlola imingxuma emnyama enobungqina bokuqinisekisa ubukho amanzi (umkhenkce) ekhokelela ekuphunyezweni kwephupha lomntu lokuhlala kule sathelayithi.
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Imithombo:
I-Arhente ye-Space yaseYurophu 2020. Ukunika amandla kunye neNkxaso / Ubunjineli beNdawo kunye neTekhnoloji. I-laser-powered rover ukujonga izithunzi ezimnyama zeNyanga. Ithunyelwe nge-14 kuMeyi 2020. Iyafumaneka kwi-intanethi http://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Laser-powered_rover_to_explore_Moon_s_dark_shadows Ifikeleleke nge-15 Meyi 2020.
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