Rover ya mbere y’ukwezi y’Ubumwe bw’Abarabu (UAE) yazamutse neza kuri uyu munsi kuri sitasiyo y’ikirere ya Cape Canaveral muri Floride. Rover ya UAE yarashwe mu bwoko bwa roketi ya SpaceX Falcon 9 ku isaha ya saa mbiri n'iminota 38 mu rwego rwo mu butumwa bwa UAE n'Ubuyapani ku kwezi. Nibigenda neza, iperereza ryakora UAE igihugu cya kane gikoresha icyogajuru ku kwezi, nyuma y'Ubushinwa, Uburusiya na Amerika.

Mu butumwa bwa UAE n'Ubuyapani harimo umutaka witwa Hakuto-R (bisobanura “Urukwavu rwera”) rwubatswe na sosiyete y'Abayapani ispace. Icyogajuru kizatwara hafi amezi ane kugirango kigere ku Kwezi mbere yo kugwa muri Atlas Crater kuruhande rwukwezi. Ihita irekura buhoro buhoro 10kg ifite ibiziga bine bya Rashid (bisobanura “kuyobora iburyo”) kugirango igenzure ukwezi.

Iyi rover yubatswe na Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, irimo kamera ihanitse cyane hamwe na kamera yerekana amashusho yumuriro, byombi biziga ibigize ukwezi kwa regolith. Bazafotora kandi umuvuduko wumukungugu hejuru yukwezi, gukora igenzura ryibanze ryamabuye yukwezi, no kwiga imiterere ya plasma.

Ikintu gishimishije cya rover nuko izagerageza ibikoresho bitandukanye bitandukanye byakoreshwa mugukora ibiziga byukwezi. Ibyo bikoresho byakoreshwaga mu buryo bwo gufatira ku ruziga rwa Rashid kugira ngo hamenyekane icyarinda umuyaga ndetse n’ibindi bihe bibi. Kimwe muri ibyo bikoresho ni graphene ishingiye kuri kaminuza ya Cambridge mu Bwongereza na kaminuza yigenga ya Buruseli mu Bubiligi.

“Urufatiro rw'ubumenyi bw'isi”

Inshingano ya UAE n'Ubuyapani nimwe gusa murukurikirane rwo gusura ukwezi kurubu cyangwa guteganijwe. Muri Kanama, Koreya y'Epfo yatangije orbiter yitwa Danuri (bisobanura “kwishimira ukwezi”). Mu Gushyingo, NASA yashyize ahagaragara roketi ya Artemis itwaye capsule ya Orion amaherezo izasubiza abajyanama mu kirere. Hagati aho, Ubuhinde, Uburusiya n'Ubuyapani birateganya kohereza abadafite abapilote mu gihembwe cya mbere cya 2023.

Abateza imbere ubushakashatsi ku mubumbe babona Ukwezi nk'ikibanza gisanzwe cyohereza ubutumwa ku bakozi ba Mars no hanze yacyo. Twizera ko ubushakashatsi bwa siyansi buzerekana niba ubukoloni bw’ukwezi bushobora kwihaza kandi niba umutungo w’ukwezi ushobora kongera ubwo butumwa. Ikindi gishoboka kirashimishije hano kwisi. Abahanga mu bumenyi bw'isi bemeza ko ubutaka bw'ukwezi burimo helium-3, isotope biteganijwe ko izakoreshwa mu guhuza ingufu za kirimbuzi.

Umuhanga mu bumenyi bw'imibumbe witwa David Blewett wo muri kaminuza ya Johns Hopkins Laboratwari ya Laboratwari agira ati: “Ukwezi ni uruzitiro rwa siyansi. “Turashobora kwiga ibintu ku kwezi byahanaguwe ku isi kubera ubuso bwabyo.” Inshingano iheruka kandi yerekana ko amasosiyete yubucuruzi atangiye gutangiza ubutumwa bwayo, aho gukora nka ba rwiyemezamirimo ba leta. Yongeyeho ati: "Amasosiyete, harimo menshi atari mu kirere, atangiye kwerekana ko ashimishijwe."