Ngomhlaka-1 Mashi, umkhiqizi we-carbon fiber ose-US i-Hexcel Corporation umemezele ukuthi izinto zayo ezihlanganisiwe ezithuthukisiwe zikhethwe yiNorthrop Grumman ukuze kukhiqizwe i-booster ekupheleni kokuphila kanye nokuphela kokuphila kwe-booster ye-Artemis 9 Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) ye-NASA.
I-Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems ibhekene nokuphelelwa yisikhathi kwezinhlelo zokuqalisa isikhala ekuklanyweni nasekukhiqizeni izithuthukisi. I-booster ethuthukisiwe equkethe i-carbon fiber kanye ne-prepreg kaHexcel ezohlinzeka ngokusebenza okwandisiwe okuzozuzisa ukuhlola kwenyanga kwesikhathi esizayo, imisebenzi yesayensi kanye nemisebenzi ye-Mars ekugcineni.
Kusukela emsebenzini we-Artemis 9, ama-BOLE thruster amasha azothatha indawo yama-hull ensimbi nensimbi ayesetshenziswa ngaphambilini ezinhlelweni zokuthutha zasemkhathini nge-hull ehlanganisiwe ye-carbon fiber elula kanye nezakhiwo ezilungiselelwe nezithuthukisiwe, izinhlelo zokulawula i-thrust vector ze-elekthronikhi, kanye nezinto zokuhambisa. Izinkinga zokuphelelwa yisikhathi.
Isicelo sokuqala se-BOLE esitshalweni saseNorthrop Grumman eCape, e-Utah. Ama-Hexcel Advanced Composites azosetshenziswa ukukhiqiza igobolondo lokuqala elihlanganisiwe le-BOLE thruster, elizosetshenziswa ohlelweni lokwethulwa kwesikhala emsebenzini ohleliwe we-Artemis 9 ka-2031.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Mashi-07-2022
