ʻOiai ka ʻikepili mai nā ʻōpuni ua manaʻo i ka hele ʻana o ka wai hau, ka makaikai o I Helu ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa nā lua pele ma nā ʻāpana polar o ka mahina ma muli o ka nele o ka ʻenehana kūpono i ka mana I Helu kaʻahele ma nā wahi pōʻeleʻele mau loa a me ke anu me ka mahana o –240°C. ʻO ka papahana PHILIP ('Powering rovers by High Intensity Laser Induction on Nā papahele') i kauoha ʻia e ʻEulopa Space Mākaukau ka ʻoihana e hoʻomohala i nā prototypes e hāʻawi i ka mana laser i kēia mau rovers i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e ʻimi i nā hōʻike o ke ola ʻana. ka wai i loko o kēia mau lua.
Moon ʻAʻole ia e kaʻapuni ma luna o kona axis i kona kaʻapuni ʻana i ka honua no laila ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ka mahina mai ka honua akā loaʻa nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua i ʻelua pule o ka lā ma hope o ʻelua pule o ka pō.
Eia nō naʻe, aia nā wahi i pohō i loko o nā lua pele aia ma nā ʻāpana polar o ka mahina ʻaʻole e loaʻa ka mālamalama o ka lā no ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka lā e waiho ana i ka hohonu o nā lua i ka malu mau loa. ʻO kēia pōʻeleʻele mau loa i loko o nā lua polar e lilo lākou i ke anuanu nui ma ka laulā o -240°C e pili ana i kahi 30 Kelvin ʻo ia hoʻi he 30 degere ma luna o ka ʻole. ʻO ka ʻikepili i loaʻa mai ka I Helu nā ʻōpuni o ESA, ISRO a NASA ua hōʻike i kēia mau wahi malu i waiwai i ka hydrogen, manaʻo o ke alo o ka wai (hau) i loko o kēia mau lua. He mea hoihoi kēia ʻike no ka ʻepekema a me kahi kumu kūloko o 'ka wai a me ka oxygen 'no ka mahina e hiki mai ana ka noho kanaka. No laila, pono kahi rover e iho i lalo i ia mau lua, e wili a lawe mai i ka laʻana no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hau ma laila. Hāʻawi ʻia I Helu ʻAʻole i loaʻa kēia i kēia manawa no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki ke hōʻoia i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka mana i nā rovers i ka wā e ʻimi ana i kekahi o kēia mau lua pōuliuli.
Hoʻokahi noʻonoʻo ʻia ka loaʻa ʻana o nā rovers nuklea ikaika akā ua ʻike ʻia ʻaʻole kūpono kēia no ka ʻimi hau.
Ke lawe nei i kahi hōʻike mai nā hōʻike o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka laser i nā drones mana e mālama iā lākou i luna no ka lōʻihi lōʻihi, ʻo ka papahana. PILIPI ('Hoʻohana i nā rovers e ka High Intensity Laser Induction ma Nā papahele') ua kauoha ʻia e ʻEulopa Space ʻOihana e hoʻolālā i kahi piha hoʻohana ʻia i ka laser mikiona makaikai.
Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka papahana PHILIP i kēia manawa a ua kokoke ka ESA i ka mana I Helu rovers me nā lasers e ʻimi i ka pōʻeleʻele anuanu lua lua kokoke i na pou.
E hoʻomaka ana ʻo ESA i kēia manawa e hoʻomohala i nā prototypes no ka ʻimi ʻana i nā lua ʻeleʻele e hāʻawi i nā hōʻike no ka hōʻoia ʻana i ke alo o ka wai (ka hau) e alakaʻi ana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka moeʻuhane kanaka e noho i kēia satellite.
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Sources:
ʻO ka European Space Agency 2020. Enabling & Support / Space Engineering & Technology. E ʻimi i nā aka pouli o Moon. Hoʻopuka ʻia 14 Mei 2020. Loaʻa ma ka pūnaewele ma http://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Laser-powered_rover_to_explore_Moon_s_dark_shadows Loaʻa i ka 15 Mei 2020.
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