Ukusibeka esimweni kancane, ngaphambi kokungena emininingwaneni, ngithanda ukukhuluma nge I-Voyager 1, ngokoqobo into eyenziwe ngumuntu ekwazile ukuhamba ibanga elide kunawo wonke emlandweni. Sikhuluma ngokoqobo ngophenyo namuhla olutholakala endaweni etholakala ngalo Amakhilomitha ayizigidi ezingama-21.000 kude noMhlaba, okusho ukuthi le divayisi iyi ngaphandle kwesimiso sonozungezilanga.
Ukungena emininingwaneni ethe xaxa mayelana nezici zephrojekthi, ngikutshele yona yethulwa emkhathini ngo-1977 njengengxenye yomunye waleyo misebenzi ekhazimulayo futhi, namuhla, esevele indala ye NASA. Umqondo wokwenziwa kweVoyager 1 wawungewona omunye ngaphandle kwalowo ukuphatha ukuthola nokutadisha imikhawulo yesistimu yelanga, ngokufanayo, emuva ku-2014, kwatholakala ukuthi ukwazile ukuhamba ngaphandle kwemingcele yokumaka ye-heliosphere, isifunda esidlulela ngale kwePluto.
Ngokubheka imininingwane iVoyager 1 eyakhiwa ngayo ngaleso sikhathi, sikhuluma nge-artifact efakwe i- ibhethri le-plutonium okusho ukuthi ngokwethiyori kufanele iqhubeke nokusebenza kuze kube ngu-2025, lapho izomisa ukuthumela idatha. Ngokuningiliziwe, ngaleso sikhathi yayinikezwa amadiski egolide ayequkethe imisindo nezithombe zempilo eMhlabeni, njengoba kwakulindelekile, ukuze, uma kwenzeka ithathwa noma yabanjwa uhlobo oluthile lwempilo, babekwazi ukubona ukuthi kukhona impilo ehlakaniphile Emhlabeni.
IVoyager 1 kwakuwumsebenzi owadalwa yiNASA lapho i-ejensi yaqhamuka khona nomqondo wokutadisha izindawo ezingaphandle zesistimu yelanga
Enye ye amaphuzu amabi Ohambweni sikuthola ngamandla ososayensi nonjiniyela ahlobene nephrojekthi abanawo kuze kube manje ukuxhumana nokukwazi ukuxhumana noVoyager 1, lapho uphenyo luqhubeka, isidingo sokusebenza ngemishini enamandla kakhulu futhi esebenza kahle ukuxhumana nayo ngalo kwaba okudingeka ngokwengeziwe. Le nkinga ngokoqobo yaholela eqinisweni lokuthi cishe kusukela ngo-1980 ama-thrusters ayo amane wesibili awakwazanga ukusebenza, ikakhulukazi labo abaphethe ukulungiswa kwe-trajectory. Ngemuva kwaso sonke lesi sikhathi, njengoba kubikwe yiNASA uqobo, onjiniyela babo bakwazile ukwenza lokhu kusebenze futhi, ngaphezu kwalokho, bakwazile ukuqinisekisa ukuthi basebenza ngokuphelele.
Lesi senzo senziwe ngoLwesibili olwedlule, lapho kwethulwe khona isibonakaliso sokuhlolwa kwesikhala sisuka ku-NASA. Cabanga nje ukuthi yini engadlula emakhanda abo bonke ababophezelekile abasebenza kulo msebenzi oyingqophamlando ngenkathi belinde okungaphansi kwalokho 19 amahora nemizuzu engama-35 uze lowo mlayezo ufinyelele kuphenyo nakokunye 19 amahora nemizuzu engama-35 kuze kube yilapho kungenzeka ukuthola umlayezo wokuqinisekisa othunyelwe yiphenyo oqinisekisa lokho ama-thrusters ayesebenze ama-millisecond ayi-10.
Ngenxa yokusebenza kwama-trajectory correction thrusters, iVoyager 1 izokwazi ukuqhubeka nokuhamba eminye iminyaka engu-2-3
Njengoba kukhonjisiwe Umgundi kaTodd, omunye wonjiniyela osasebenza kule phrojekthi ye-NASA, lowo mzuzu wawumjabulisa kakhulu yena nabo bonke ozakwabo kusukela, eminyakeni eyedlule, IVoyager 1 incike ngokoqobo kuma-thrusters ayo okuyisisekelo ngokuma okufanele futhi ngaleyo ndlela sikwazi ukuqhubeka nokuxhumana noMhlaba. Ngemuva kwayo yonke le minyaka, njengoba kunengqondo futhi kulindelekile, lezi zinjini bezilokhu zilahlekelwa ukusebenza kahle.
Ngenxa yokusebenza kwama-trajectory correction thrusters, okuthi azisetshenziswanga ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-37, ikakhulukazi lapho iphenyo ifinyelela kuSaturn, izothola landisa impilo yeVoyager 1 ngeminyaka emibili kuya kwemithathu ngaphambi kokuthi ama-generator ayo e-thermoelectric radioisotope ekugcineni angabe esakwazi ukukhiqiza amandla anele okuphenya ukuze aqhubeke nomsebenzi wasemkhathini.
Ukwaziswa okwengeziwe: Ars Technica