NASA ibhengeze ukuba isungula "ihotele yerobhothi" emajukujukwini kunye nenjongo ezayo ye-SpaceX yokubuyisela urhwebo.
I-Robotic Tool Stowage (i-RiTS), iyunithi yokukhusela izixhobo ze-robotic ezibalulekileyo, iya kuqaliswa ngaphandle kweSikhululo samazwe ngamazwe se-Space ngo-Disemba 4 kunye ne-SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, ngokutsho kwe-US space agency.
'Abahlali' bayo bokuqala baya kuba ziirobhothi ezimbini ezenzelwe ukubona ukuvuza kwesikhululo, ezikwaziyo "ukusezela" ubukho beegesi ezifana ne-ammonia. Izixhobo zerobhothi zikhwele esitishini ngoku.
Inkqubo ye-thermal yeyunithi yezindlu igcina ubushushu obufanelekileyo bezixhobo, ibanceda bahlale besebenza, ngokutsho kweNeuman. Kwakhona, iya kunceda ingalo yerobhothi yesikhululo sendawo, iDextre, ifumane indawo ngokulula, ibambe kwaye ibuyisele ezo zixhobo zerobhothi.
Ukuhambisa iirobhothi zokubona ngokuqhelekileyo kuthatha ixesha elide xa isixhobo singagcinwanga ngaphandle. Nje ukuba zingaphandle kwesikhululo, ezo zichongi okwangoku kufuneka zilinde iiyure ezili-12 emajukujukwini ukuze zikhuphe umphunga wamanzi nezinye iigesi ezingaphakathi kwesi sikhululo.
Emva kokusungulwa kwayo, i-RiTS iya kufakwa ngendlela ehamba emajukujukwini ngoosomajukujuku, kwaye iya kuhlala ngaphandle kwesitishi.
Umboneleli wempahla yezorhwebo weNASA i-SpaceX ijolise ngo-12:51 pm Ixesha laseMpuma lase-US ngolwe-Lwesithathu ukuphehlelelwa komsebenzi wayo wokunikezela kwakhona phantsi kwekhontrakthi kunye ne-arhente.
