Imodoka ya mbere y’indege yo mu Burasirazuba bw’ibihugu by’Abarabu (UAE) yahagurutse uyu munsi ivuye kuri sitasiyo y’ikirere ya Cape Canaveral muri Florida. Imodoka yo muri UAE yashyizwe mu bwato bwa SpaceX Falcon 9 saa 02:38 ku isaha yo muri ako gace nk'igice cy'urugendo rwa UAE hagati y’Ubuyapani n’Uburayi mu kwezi. Iyo poroteyine iramutse igenze neza, yatuma UAE iba igihugu cya kane gikoresha icyogajuru ku kwezi, nyuma y’Ubushinwa, Uburusiya na Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika.

Ubwo butumwa bwa UAE-Ubuyapani burimo ubwato bwitwa Hakuto-R (bisobanura "Urukwavu Rwera") bwubatswe na sosiyete y'Abayapani ispace. Icyogajuru kizamara hafi amezi ane kugira ngo kigere ku kwezi mbere yo kugwa muri Atlas Crater ku ruhande rwegereye Ukwezi. Hanyuma kirekura buhoro buhoro indege ya Rashid ifite amapine ane (bisobanura "iyobowe neza") kugira ngo ijye kureba ikirere cy'ukwezi.

Iyo rover, yubatswe n’ikigo cy’ikirere cya Mohammed bin Rashid, irimo kamera ifite ubushobozi bwo hejuru na kamera ifata amashusho y’ubushyuhe, byombi biziga imiterere y’ukwezi. Bazanafotora ivumbi rigenda ku buso bw’ukwezi, bakore igenzura ry’ibanze ry’amabuye y’ukwezi, kandi banige imiterere y’amazi yo ku buso bw’amazi.

Ikintu gishimishije kuri rover ni uko izagerageza ibikoresho bitandukanye byakoreshwa mu gukora amapine y'ukwezi. Ibi bikoresho byashyizwe mu buryo bw'imirongo ifata ku mapine ya Rashid kugira ngo hamenyekane icyarinda neza umukungugu w'ukwezi n'ibindi bihe bikomeye. Kimwe muri ibyo bikoresho ni imvange ishingiye kuri graphene yakozwe na Kaminuza ya Cambridge mu Bwongereza na Kaminuza yigenga ya Brussels mu Bubiligi.

"Inkomoko y'Ubumenyi bw'Imibumbe"

Ubutumwa bwa UAE-Ubuyapani ni bumwe mu ruzinduko rw'ukwezi rurimo gukorwa cyangwa ruteganyijwe. Muri Kanama, Koreya y'Epfo yashyize ahagaragara indege yitwa Danuri (bisobanura "kwishimira ukwezi"). Mu Gushyingo, NASA yashyize ahagaragara roketi ya Artemis itwaye capsule ya Orion izagarura abakinnyi bo mu kirere ku kwezi. Hagati aho, Ubuhinde, Uburusiya n'Ubuyapani barateganya kurasa indege zitagira abapilote mu gihembwe cya mbere cya 2023.

Abateza imbere ubushakashatsi ku mibumbe babona ukwezi nk'ahantu karemano ho kurohama mu butumwa bwa Mars no hanze yayo. Hifujwe ko ubushakashatsi bwa siyansi buzagaragaza niba amakoloni y'ukwezi ashobora kwihaza kandi niba umutungo w'ukwezi ushobora gutanga inkunga muri ubwo butumwa. Ikindi kintu gishobora gukurura hano ku Isi. Abahanga mu by'ubutaka bw'imibumbe bemeza ko ubutaka bw'ukwezi burimo helium-3 nyinshi, isotope yitezweho gukoreshwa mu guhuza ibidukikije.

“Ukwezi ni inkomoko y’ubumenyi bw’isi,” uyu ni David Blewett, umuhanga mu by’ubutaka bw’imibumbe wo muri Laboratwari ya Fiziki ya Kaminuza ya Johns Hopkins, wagize ati: “Dushobora kwiga ibintu biri ku kwezi byahanaguwe ku Isi bitewe n’ubuso bwabyo.” Intego iheruka kandi igaragaza ko amasosiyete y’ubucuruzi yatangiye gutangiza ubutumwa bwayo bwite, aho gukora nk’abakorerabushake ba leta. Yongeyeho ati: “Amasosiyete, harimo n’ayinshi atari mu by’indege, yatangiye kugaragaza ko ashishikajwe na yo.”