I-NASA yethule ucingo olunikezayo 3 million dollars ngemiklomelo emicabangweni ehlakaniphile engaxazulula enye yezinkinga ezithakazelisa kakhulu ekuhloleni indawo: lawula futhi usebenzise kabusha imfucuza eziqoqana eNyangeni. Le nselelo iyingxenye yohlelo luka-Artemis, inhloso yalo ingu sungula ubukhona bomuntu obuzinzile endaweni yenyanga, okwenza ukuphathwa kukadoti kube yisici esibalulekile semishini yesikhathi esizayo.
Le nselelo, ebizwa I-LunaRecycle Challenge, ihlose ukukhuthaza ukuthuthukiswa kwe izixazululo ezintsha yokuvuselela udoti eNyangeni futhi idonse ukunaka kososayensi, amanyuvesi kanye nezinkampani emhlabeni jikelele. Kusukela ohambweni lwe-Apollo, futhi ngenhloso yokunciphisa isisindo sabagibeli, osomkhathi bashiye ingqikithi Izikhwama ezingama-96 ezigcwele indle yabantu, kuhlanganise nendle. Lezi mfucumfucu, ezingenabungozi ekuqaleni, manje zimele a inselele enkulu ukuze kusimamise imisebenzi yesikhathi esizayo, lapho osomkhathi okulindeleke ukuthi bahlale khona ezisekelweni zenyanga isikhathi eside.
Imayelana nani i-LunaRecycle Challenge?
I-NASA ihlukanise umncintiswano waba izigaba ezimbili eziyinhloko ukuze iziphakamiso zikwazi ukubhekana nemfucuza ngokomzimba nangokoqobo. Esigabeni sokuqala, esibizwa I-Prototype Yakha Ithrekhi, amaqembu kufanele akhe ama-prototypes angokwenyama avumelayo sebenzisa kabusha imfucuza eqinile okukhiqizwa eNyangeni, njengezingubo, ukupakisha ukudla kanye nemishini yesayensi engasasebenzi. Lokhu kuhlanganisa, kunjalo, i izikhwama zendle ezidumile. Umgomo uwukuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe okuthi, kusuka kulokhu kumosha, bukhiqize izinsiza eziwusizo zosomkhathi, ngaleyo ndlela kuncishiswe isidingo sokuthumela izinto ezivela eMhlabeni.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, isigaba sesibili saziwa ngokuthi I-Digital Twin Track, futhi kuyindlela ebonakalayo eyengeziwe. Kulokhu, ababambiqhaza kufanele badale izifaniso zedijithali wezinhlelo eziphelele zokugaywa kabusha ezingalingiswa endaweni yenyanga. Lawa "amawele edijithali" enza kube nokwenzeka ukubikezela ukuthi ubuchwepheshe buzosebenza kanjani ezisekelweni zenyanga ezizayo ngaphandle kokuthi kube nama-prototypes aphathekayo kusukela ekuqaleni, okwenza inqubo yokuthuthukisa ibe ishibhile futhi ivumela amaqembu anezinsiza ezimbalwa ukuthi aqhudelane ngokulingana.
Lo mncintiswano awuhloselwe kuphela ochwepheshe bezihloko zasemkhathini; ivulekele umphakathi jikelele, amanyuvesi nezinkampani emhlabeni jikelele, ezinikeza ithuba lanoma yimuphi umuntu noma ithimba ukuthi lihlongoza isisombululo esisha kule nkinga yendawo yonke. Eqinisweni, omunye walabo ababhekene nenselelo, Amy Kaminski, kugqanyisiwe: «Sifuna ukubona ukuthi yimiphi imibono ekhaliphile evela emhlabeni wonke. Le nselelo ayifuni nje ukwanelisa izidingo zobuchwepheshe emkhathini, kodwa futhi nokugqugquzela a emisha yomhlaba wonke mayelana nokugaywa kabusha.
Ngale Kwenyanga: izinzuzo Zomhlaba
UKim Krome, omunye walabo ababhekelele uhlelo lweNASA lweCentennial Challenges, ugcizelele ukuthi izixazululo ezakhiwe ku-LunaRecycle Challenge Ngeke zibe usizo kuphela emishinini yenyanga. Babengaba nakho izicelo ezibalulekile Emhlabeni, njengoba ukuphathwa kukadoti kuyindaba ebalulekile emkhathini naseplanethini yethu. “Esikufunda eNyangeni,” kuchaza u-Krome, “kungasiza futhi ukuthuthukisa uhlelo ukulahlwa kwemfucuza lapha eMhlabeni".
Esinye sezici ezithakazelisa kakhulu zalo mncintiswano yikhono lawo loku dala ukusebenzisana phakathi kwemikhakha eyahlukene. I-NASA ibambisene nezikhungo zemfundo kanye nezinkampani zobuchwepheshe ukuze ukwengamela nokuthuthukisa iziphakamiso eziphuma kuwo wonke umhlaba. Phakathi kwabalingani bomncintiswano, i I-University of Alabama y Indawo yokudlala ye-AI, abazonikela ngolwazi lwabo ekuhloleni nasekusetshenzisweni kwemibono yokugaywa kabusha eyethulwa ababambiqhaza.
Imishini ka-Arthemisi emkhathizwe
Umncintiswano uza ngesikhathi esibalulekile, njengoba i-NASA inezinhlelo ezifisa kakhulu emashumini eminyaka azayo. Imishini yohlelo lwe-Artemis ayihlosile kuphela ukubuyisela abantu eNyangeni, kodwa futhi sungula ubukhona obuqhubekayo ebusweni bayo. Umsebenzi U-Arthemisi II, ehlelelwe u-2025, izondiza phezu kwesathelayithi, futhi 2026 Kulindelwe umlando oyingqopha-mlando: osomkhathi bemishini U-Arthemisi III Bazophinde babeke unyawo eNyangeni futhi okokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-1972. Leli yithuba eliyingqayizivele labantu emhlabeni wonke lokufaka isandla esibonakalayo ekuhloleni indawo.
El I-LunaRecycle Challenge Kuyingxenye yomzamo omkhulu ohambisana ne 187 izinselelo zobuchwepheshe ukuthi i-NASA ikhombe ukwenza uhambo lwesikhathi eside lwenzeke, kokubili eNyangeni futhi ekugcineni ku-Mars. I-ejensi yasemkhathini iqhubekela phambili nesifiso sayo sokushiya emuva izinsuku zokuthutha yonke into iye noma ibuya eMhlabeni futhi izogxila ekuzineliseni ngokuphila nokusebenza emkhathini.
Okokugcina, labo abathanda ukubamba iqhaza bangabhalisa esigabeni esisodwa noma zombili zomncintiswano kuze kube I-31 March ka-2025. Abawinile bazothola isabelo esilinganiselwe se- umklomelo wesigidi isatshalaliswa phakathi kwezigaba zombili zenselelo.
Kuyathakazelisa ukubona ukuthi izinkinga okubhekenwe nazo eNyangeni zingaba nomthelela omuhle kanjani endleleni esiphatha ngayo izinsiza lapha Emhlabeni. Njengoba kunezikhwama ezingaphezu kwekhulu zemfucuza ezilindele ukuphathwa kwisathelayithi, i I-LunaRecycle Challenge kungaba ukhiye ku-a ukuhlola indawo ehlanzekile kanye nokuncika okumbalwa "endlini."