Ua hoʻāʻo nā kānaka ʻepekema a me nā ʻenekinia i kahi prototype baluna Venus ma Nevada's Black Rock Desert i Iulai 2022.

Me kona wela wela a me ka puʻe nui, ʻo ka ʻili o Venus he ʻino a kala ʻole.ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo nā ʻimi noiʻi i pae i laila i kēia manawa he mau hola wale nō ka lōʻihi.Akā aia kekahi ala ʻē aʻe e makaʻala ai i kēia honua weliweli a hoihoi ma mua o nā mea hoʻokaʻawale, e hoʻopuni ana i ka lā i kahi kiola pōhaku mai ka Honua.ʻO ia ka baluna.Ua hōʻike ʻo NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) ma Pasadena, Calif., ma ʻOkakopa 10, 2022 ua hoʻopau maikaʻi ʻia kahi baluna robotic aerial, kekahi o kāna mau manaʻo robotic aerial, i ʻelua mau mokulele hoʻāʻo ma Nevada.

Ua hoʻohana ka poʻe noiʻi i kahi prototype hoʻāʻo, kahi ʻano pōkole o ka baluna i hiki i kekahi lā ke neʻe i loko o nā ao ākea o Venus.

ʻO ka lele hoʻāʻo hoʻāʻo ʻana o ka baluna Venus mua

ʻO ka Venus Aerobot i hoʻolālā ʻia he 40 kapuaʻi (12 mau mika) ke anawaena, ma kahi o 2/3 ka nui o ka prototype.

ʻO kahi hui o nā ʻepekema a me nā ʻenekinia mai JPL a me Near Space Corporation ma Tillamook, Oregon, i alakaʻi i ka lele hoʻāʻo.ʻO kā lākou kūleʻa e hōʻike ana e hiki i nā baluna Venusian ke ola i loko o ka lewa ākea o kēia honua pili.Ma Venus, lele ka baluna ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 55 mau kilomita ma luna o ka ʻili.No ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka mahana a me ka nui o ka lewa Venus i ka hoʻāʻo, ua hāpai ka hui i ka baluna hoʻāʻo i kahi kiʻekiʻe o 1 km.

Ma nā ʻano a pau, hana ka baluna e like me ka mea i hoʻolālā ʻia.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jacob Izraelevitz, ka mea noiʻi nui o ka JPL Flight Test, Robotics Specialist: "Ua hauʻoli nui mākou i ka hana o ka prototype.Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia, hōʻike i ka hoʻokele kiʻekiʻe o ke kiʻekiʻe, a ua hoʻihoʻi mākou iā ia ma ke ʻano maikaʻi ma hope o nā mokulele ʻelua.Ua hoʻopaʻa mākou i nā ʻikepili nui mai kēia mau mokulele a ke nānā nei mākou i ka hoʻohana ʻana iā ia e hoʻomaikaʻi i kā mākou mau hiʻohiʻona simulation ma mua o ka ʻimi ʻana i ko mākou kaikuahine honua.

Ua hoʻohui ʻo Paul Byrne o ke Kulanui o Wakinekona ma St. Louis a me kahi hui ʻepekema robotics aerospace: "He mea nui ka holomua o kēia mau huakaʻi hoʻāʻo iā mākou: Ua hōʻike maikaʻi mākou i ka ʻenehana pono e noiʻi i ke ao Venus.Ke waiho nei kēia mau hoʻāʻo i ke kumu no ka hiki iā mākou ke ʻae i ka ʻimi robotic lōʻihi ma luna o Venus 'hellish surface.

Hele ma ka makani Venus

No laila, no ke aha nā baluna?Makemake ʻo NASA e aʻo i kahi ʻāpana o ka lewa Venus i haʻahaʻa loa no ka orbiter e nānā.ʻAʻole like me nā pae ʻāina, e puhi ana i loko o nā hola, hiki i nā baluna ke lana i ka makani no nā pule a i ʻole mau mahina, e neʻe ana mai ka hikina a i ke komohana.Hiki i ka baluna ke hoʻololi i kona kiʻekiʻe ma waena o 171,000 a me 203,000 kapuaʻi (52 a 62 mau kilomita) ma luna o ka ʻili.

Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole wale wale nā ​​robots lele.Hana ia me kahi mea hoʻopunahele ma luna o ka lewa Venus.Ma waho aʻe o ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻokolohua ʻepekema, hana pū ka baluna ma ke ʻano he kamaʻilio kamaʻilio me ka orbiter.

Baluna i loko o nā baluna

ʻO ka prototype he "baluna i loko o ka baluna," i ʻōlelo ai nā mea noiʻi.Paʻi ʻiaheliumhoʻopiha i ka waihona loko ʻoʻoleʻa.I kēia manawa, hiki ke hoʻonui a ʻaelike ka baluna helium waho.Hiki i nā baluna ke piʻi kiʻekiʻe a hāʻule i lalo.Hana ia i kēia me ke kōkua oheliumpuka makani.Inā makemake ka hui misionari e hāpai i ka baluna, e hoʻoheheʻe lākou i ka helium mai ka waihona i loko a i ka baluna waho.No ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka baluna i kona wahi, kaheliumhoʻokuʻu hou ʻia i loko o ka waihona.Hoʻopili kēia i ka baluna o waho a nalowale kekahi puʻupuʻu.

Kaiapuni kino

Ma ke kiʻekiʻe i hoʻolālā ʻia ʻo 55 mau kilomita ma luna o ka ʻili o Venus, ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka weliweli o ka mahana a ʻaʻole ikaika ka ikaika o ka lewa.Akā, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o kēia ʻāpana o ka lewa Venus, no ka mea, ua piha nā ao i nā kulu o ka sulfuric acid.No ke kōkua ʻana i kēia kaiapuni ʻino, ua kūkulu nā ʻenekinia i ka baluna mai nā papa he nui.Hōʻike ʻia ka mea i ka uhi ʻana i ka waika, ka metallization e hōʻemi i ka hoʻomehana ʻana o ka lā, a me kahi papa o loko e mau ana ka ikaika no ka lawe ʻana i nā mea ʻepekema.ʻOiai ʻo nā sila he kūpaʻa ʻakika.Ua hōʻike ʻia nā hoʻokolohua lele ʻana e hana pono nā mea hana a me ke kūkulu ʻana o ka baluna ma Venus.He mea paʻakikī ka hana ʻana o nā mea i hoʻohana ʻia no ka ola ʻana o Venus, a ʻo ka ikaika o ka lawelawe ʻana a mākou i hōʻike ai i kā mākou hoʻolaha ʻana a me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana iā Nevada e hāʻawi iā mākou i ka hilinaʻi i ka hilinaʻi o kā mākou baluna ma Venus.

No nā makahiki he nui, ua manaʻo kekahi poʻe ʻepekema a me nā ʻenekinia i nā baluna i ala e ʻimi ai iā Venus.E lilo koke kēia i mea maoli.Kiʻi ma o NASA.

ʻEpekema ma Venus' Atmosphere

Hoʻolako nā kānaka ʻepekema i nā baluna no nā noiʻi ʻepekema like ʻole.ʻO kēia ka ʻimi ʻana i nā nalu kani i ka lewa i hana ʻia e nā ʻōlaʻi Venusian.ʻO kekahi o nā loiloi hoihoi loa ʻo ia ka haku ʻana o ka lewa ponoʻī.kalapona kalaponahana i ka hapa nui o ka lewa o Venus, e hoʻoulu ana i ka hopena ʻōmaʻomaʻo holo i hoʻolilo iā Venus i Gehena ma ka ʻili.Hiki i ka loiloi hou ke hāʻawi i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ke ʻano o kēia.ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻōlelo ka poʻe ʻepekema i ka wā kahiko, ua like ʻo Venus me ka Honua.No laila he aha ka mea i hana?

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai ua hōʻike ka poʻe ʻepekema i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka phosphine i ka lewa Venus i 2020, ua hoʻāla hou ka nīnau o ke ola i nā ao o Venus.ʻAʻole maopopo ke kumu o ka phosphine, a ke nīnau nei kekahi mau noiʻi i kona ola ʻana.Akā ʻo nā mikiona baluna e like me kēia e kūpono no ka nānā hohonu ʻana i nā ao a ʻike pono paha i nā microbes.Hiki i nā mikiona Balloon e like me kēia ke kōkua i ka wehe ʻana i kekahi o nā mea huna paʻakikī loa.