Kwenzeke evikini eledlule, kodwa bekuyizolo lapho iNASA iveze ukuthi baphoqeleke ukuthi bacishe isibonakude iFermi. NgoMashi owedlule 16 kwenzeka lapho kwenzeka. Kuyisikhungo sokuhlola esathunyelwa esikhaleni ngo-2008, inhloso yaso ukufunda imithombo yemisebe ye-gamma endaweni yonke. Kepha, ngenxa yenkinga kudiski yelinye lamapaneli elanga, baphoqeleke ukuthi bacishe uFermi.
Kubukeka sengathi le nkinga kudiski yelinye lamapaneli elanga idale ifayela le- uphenyo luzofaka ngokuzenzakalela imodi ephephile. Lokhu kudale ukuthi iFermi ivale izinsimbi zayo ingakhiqizi idatha. Njengoba kuvezwe yiNASA uqobo.
INASA uqobo lwayo isivele iqhuba uphenyo ngalesi sehlakalo. Njengoba iphaneli yelanga ingahambi lapho kunesidingo. Ngakho-ke abakayazi ngokuqinisekile imvelaphi yalokhu okungahambi kahle kuteleskopu. Ngakho-ke okwamanje asifuni ukuvala noma yikuphi ukuqagela okungenzeka kube khona.
Okwamanje, Ithimba elisebenza kumishini libheka ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuthi kugcinwe iphaneli yelanga lisebenza ngenkathi behlaziya ukuthi uyini umsuka wale nkinga eFermi. Ingozi eyenzeke ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemuva kokugubha iminyaka eyishumi isibonakude sigubha. A isikhumbuzo esizogujwa ngoJuni 11.
UJulie McEnery, usosayensi ohola phambili wephrojekthi ku-NASA, ucabanga ukuthi isibonakude sizoqala ukusebenza ngokushesha. Mhlawumbe ngisho neviki elizayo selivele liyiqiniso. Yize lokhu kungeke kuvimbe ukuthi uphenyo luthathe inkambo yalo. Njengoba befuna ukwazi kahle imvelaphi yalokhu kwehluleka okuvimbela isibonakude ekukhiqizeni idatha.
Kungumsebenzi omkhulu okhokhelwa yi-NASA kanye nama-ejensi esikhala aseJalimane, eFrance, e-Italy, eJapan naseSweden.. Ngakho-ke uma kwenzeka lokhu kwehluleka kungalungiswa, kuzoba ukuphela kwephrojekthi esize kakhulu i-NASA. Yize benethemba lokuthi uFermi uzosebenza ngokujwayelekile futhi kungekudala. Sizoqapha.