Ngomsitho weprojekthi eyaziwa ngokuba Ikloko yeAtomic ebandayo kwiSithuba, olwenziwa liqela lezazinzulu ezisuka eShanghai, eTshayina lisandul’ ukubeka kwi-orbit into ebizwa ngokuba yiyo eyona wotshi yeathom ichanekile ehlabathini. Njengoko ipapashwe kwi ISouth China Morning Post, sithetha ngenkqubo eya kuba nexabiso eliphezulu kunewotshi esetyenziswa yiYunivesithi yaseColorado kunye neZiko leSizwe leMigangatho kunye neTeknoloji eUnited States.
Yintoni iwotshi yeathom? Njengoko kukhankanyiwe, sithetha ngesixhobo esifanele kuphela uphulukana nesekondi enye rhoqo kwiminyaka ezigidi ezingama-30. Njengoko kulindelekile, esi sixhobo sitsha siya kuba nezicelo zasekuhlaleni kunye nezomkhosi kwaye siya kujoliswa ekuphuculeni ikamva lokuhamba ngemfonomfono, elinokuchaneka ngakumbi kunolo luphunyezwe ziinkqubo eziqhelekileyo ezisebenza ngeGPS. Ngayo yonke le nto, ayimangalisi into yokuba ukudalwa kwayo kunye nokusungulwa kwayo kuthetha ukuba sijongene nesinye sezixhobo eziye zabangela umdla kakhulu kwiminyaka yamuva.
Abadali bayo baqikelela ukuba le wotshi yeathom iya kuphulukana nomzuzwana omnye rhoqo emva kweminyaka engama-30 ezigidi
Le wotshi yeathom ibekwe kwi-orbit njengesincedisi kwilebhu yesibini yasemajukujukwini ephuhliswe lilizwe lasempuma, I-Tiangong-2. Sithetha malunga nokuba yintoni eTshayina linyathelo lokuqala lenkqubo yokuhlola amabhongo apho uRhulumente welizwe anenjongo yokuba Isikhululo sasejukujukwini esinendoda yokwenyani ukusukela ngo-2022. Uphononongo luguqulelo lwesibini lweTiangong-1, ilebhu yokuqala eyaziswa yiTshayina emajukujukwini ngo-2011.
Ngokuthumela iwotshi yeathom ngaphakathi kwesi sikhululo sovavanyo sesibini, ilizwe laseAsia ligqibezela umjikelo womsebenzi onxulumene ukuhlola indawo. Ukuqaliswa ngempumelelo kuza kwiiveki emva kokuba i-China isungulwe Mozi, isathelayithi yokuqala yonxibelelwano lwequantum, esithubeni.