WASHINGTON, DC - I-NASA ibiza bonke abathanda umkhathi ukuthi bathumele imisebenzi yabo yobuciko ohambweni lomkhumbi-mkhathi we-NASA Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx). Lona kuzoba umkhankaso wokuqala wase-US wokuqoqa isampula lenkanyezi esemkhathini bese ulibuyisela eMhlabeni ukuze lifundwe.
I-OSIRIS-REx ihlelelwe ukuthi yethulwe ngoSepthemba bese ihambela i-asteroid Bennu. Umkhankaso we-#WeTheExplorers umema umphakathi ukuthi ubambe iqhaza kulo mkhankaso ngokuveza, ngobuciko, ukuthi umoya wokuhlola wemishini ubonakala kanjani ezimpilweni zabo. Imisebenzi yobuciko ethunyelwe izogcinwa ku-chip emkhathini. Umkhumbi-mkhathi usuphethe i-chip enamagama angaphezu kuka-442,000 athunyelwe ngomkhankaso wezi-2014 othi “Imilayezo eya ku-Bennu”.
“Ukuthuthukiswa komkhumbi-mkhathi namathuluzi kube yinqubo yokudala ngendlela emangalisayo, lapho ekugcineni indwangu iyinsimbi eyenziwe ngomshini nezinhlanganisela ezilungiselela ukwethulwa ngoSepthemba,” kusho uJason Dworkin, usosayensi wephrojekthi ye-OSIRIS-REx e-NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center eGreenbelt, Maryland. "Kuyafaneleka ukuthi lo mzamo ungakhuthaza umphakathi ukuthi uveze ubuhlakani babo obuzothwalwa yi-OSIRIS-REx emkhathini."
Isiphakamiso singase sithathe isimo somdwebo, isithombe, umfanekiso, inkondlo, ingoma, ividiyo emfushane noma esinye isisho sobuciko noma sobuciko esibonisa ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba umhloli. Iziphakamiso zizokwamukelwa nge-Twitter ne-Instagram kuze kube umhla zingama-20 kuNdasa.
"Ukuhlola indawo kuwumsebenzi odalwe ngokwemvelo," kusho uDante Lauretta, umphenyi oyinhloko we-OSIRIS-REx eNyuvesi yase-Arizona, eTucson. "Simema umhlaba ukuthi uhlanganyele nathi kulolu hambo oluhle ngokubeka umsebenzi wabo wobuciko kumkhumbi-mkhathi we-OSIRIS-REx, lapho uzohlala khona emkhathini iminyaka eyinkulungwane."
Umkhumbi-mkhathi uzohamba ngomkhumbi uye endaweni eseduze ne-Earth asteroid Bennu ukuze uqoqe isampula okungenani lamagremu angu-60 (ama-ounces angu-2.1) bese ulibuyisela eMhlabeni ukuze lifundwe. Ososayensi balindele ukuthi i-Bennu ingase ibambe umkhondo ngemvelaphi yesimiso sonozungezilanga kanye nomthombo wamanzi nama-molecule ezinto eziphilayo okungenzeka ukuthi afika eMhlabeni.
I-Goddard ihlinzeka ngokuphathwa kwemishini iyonke, ubunjiniyela bezinhlelo nokuphepha kanye nesiqiniseko semishini ye-OSIRIS-REx. IYunivesithi yase-Arizona, eTucson ihola ithimba lesayensi nokuhlela nokucutshungulwa kokubuka. I-Lockheed Martin Space Systems e-Denver yakha umkhumbi-mkhathi. I-OSIRIS-REx iyimishini yesithathu ohlelweni lwe-NASA lweNew Frontiers. Isikhungo sezindiza i-NASA iMarshall Space e-Huntsville, e-Alabama, iphethe i-New Frontiers ye-ejensi ye-Science Mission Directorate eWashington.
