Ngalesi sikhathi bekuyi- ESA, I-European Space Agency, esungule umkhankaso wabezindaba ememezela ukuthi elinye lamaqembu alo abacwaningi nososayensi likwazile ukuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe obudingekayo ukufeza ukuphrintwa kwezitini kwe-3D ngothuli lwelanga olulinganisiwe kusetshenziswa ukukhanya kwelanga okugxile, ubuchwepheshe obubonakala buyisisekelo, noma Okungenani yilokho i-ESA ekholelwa kukho, ukukufeza dala isisekelo esihlala njalo eNyangeni.
Njengemininingwane, ngikutshele ukuthi ngalo msebenzi i Isithando Somlilo Solar okwakufakwa ngaleso sikhathi eDLR German Aerospace Center (Cologne). Ukujula endabeni, ngikutshele ukuthi yakhiwe ngezibuko ezigobile ezingekho ngaphansi kwezingu-147 ezigxilisa ukukhanya kwelanga ngqo endaweni eqondile ekwazi ukuncibilikisa izinhlamvu zomhlaba. Ngeshwa, leli oveni elanga linenkinga, futhi lokho ukuthi isimo sezulu enyakatho yeYurophu asihlali libalele, yingakho, ezikhathini eziningi, ilanga kufanele lilingiswe ngamalambu e-xenon.
I-ESA ikwazi ukuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe ngombono, lapho kungekho zivivinyo zangempela, ezikwazi ukwenza izitini zokunyathelisa ze-3D enyangeni.
Njengoba kuphawuliwe Advenit makaya, unjiniyela wezinto ezibonakalayo obephethe ukwengamela wonke umsebenzi owenziwa yi-ESA:
Sithatha okokulingisa kwenyanga futhi sikupheke kuhhavini elanga. Lokhu kwenziwa etafuleni le-3D lokuphrinta ukubhaka izingqimba ezilandelanayo ze-0,1 millimeter of moondust ku-1.000 degrees Celsius. Singaqedela isitini esingu-20 x 10 x 3 sentimitha ukwakha cishe emahoreni amahlanu.
Sibheke ukuthi singawuphatha kanjani lo mphumela, mhlawumbe ngokusheshisa ngezikhathi ezithile isivinini sokuphrinta ukuze ukushisa okuncane kwakheke ngaphakathi kwesitini. Kepha okwamanje le phrojekthi iwubufakazi bomqondo, ekhombisa ukuthi indlela enjalo yokwakhiwa kwenyanga iyenzeka ngempela.
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