Mamela kwi-Mars Curiosity Rover Zicule ngokwawo Usuku lokuzalwa oluNesine

Iraburi yokufuna ukwazi izakuba seMars kangangeminyaka emine (yoMhlaba) ngomso, into ethetha ukuba lixesha, kwakhona, yolunye usuku lokuzalwa olunesithukuthezi olubhiyozelwa kwilitye lomgama womgama kungekho mntu ungomnye — ngaphandle kwezinye iirvers nazo ezishiyekileyo zihlala phaya ndedwa. Ukuwonga loo minyaka mine yesayensi engakholelekiyo kwiPlanethi ebomvu, masimamele ingoma yokuzalwa i rover iyazicula ukuphawula ukuhamba kwayo yedwa.

Le vidiyo ingentla ivela kumhla wokuzalwa wokuqala we-rover, xa ezinye zeengcali zawo ezinobuqhetseba apha eMhlabeni zigqibe ekubeni zilungiselele enye yezixhobo zayo zesayensi ezisingcangcazelayo ukudlala ingoma yengoma yokuzalwa emyoli. Kuyonwabisa ukumamela, kodwa kukwabuhlungu ukuba nomfanekiso ngqondweni wesandi esifanayo esingqunga indawo engenanto yeMartian.

I-rover ikhule kakhulu kule minyaka mine yesayensi kwaye, kuphuhliso lwamva nje, kwezemidlalo umdlalo wevidiyo wokubaleka kunye nokukwazi uku uthathe isigqibo sokuba ufuna ukudubula ii-lasers zayo . (Ngethamsanqa, kunjalo kude kude kuye nabaphi na abantu.) Ikwafumene ukwandiswa kwemishini iminyaka emibini ukuze iqhubeke ityhila iimfihlakalo zekhaya layo elitsha-kwaye, ngokolwandiso lwenkqubo yethu yelanga- kunye ne-NASA ividiyo entsha kuyo yonke into efezekisiweyo uzokuthi ga.

Ngoku kufuneka silinde de ekugqibeleni sikwazi ukuthumela abantu phaya phezulu ukuze baphinde badibane nabantu bakuthi abalahlekileyo beerobhothi. Ngokuqinisekileyo iya kuba yinjongo ephambili, ngaba kunjalo? Ndiza kudinga imifanekiso yevidiyo yoosomajukujuku ebulisa kwaye ndithambise i-rover yokufuna ukwazi njengenja ethandekayo yeerobhothi, okanye yintoni eyona njongo yokwenza ikoloni kwenye iplanethi?

Ngaba ufuna amanye amabali anje? Yiba ngumbhalisi kwaye uxhase indawo!