Airbus Perlan Mission II ikuuluka mtunda wopitilira 62,000, ikukweza mbiri yakale kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi

Airbus Perlan Mission II, woyamba padziko lapansi kuyendetsa ndege yopanda injini m'mphepete mwa mlengalenga, adalemba mbiri dzulo ku El Calafate, Argentina, pokwera mu stratosphere mpaka kuponderezana kwamitengo yoposa 62,000 (60,669 feet GPS altitude). Izi zidakhazikitsa mbiri yatsopano yakumtunda, podikira kutsimikizika kwa boma.

Wopondereza wa Perlan 2, yemwe adapangidwa kuti akweze mpaka 90,000, adadutsa Armstrong Line, mlengalenga momwe magazi a munthu wopanda chitetezo angatenthe ngati ndege itaya mphamvu.

Ichi ndi chizindikiro chachiwiri chokwera kumtunda kwa Jim Payne ndi Morgan Sandercock, oyendetsa ndege awiriwo a Perlan Project omwe adakwera kutalika kwa Perlan 2 mpaka 52,221 kutalika kwa GPS pa Seputembara 3, 2017, kudera lomwelo lakutali la Patagonia ku Argentina. Mbiri ya 2017 idasokoneza mbiri yakale yomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu 2006, mu Perlan 1 yopanda mavuto, wolemba Perlan Project Einar Enevoldson ndi Steve Fossett.

"Iyi ndi nthawi yabwino kwambiri kwa onse odzipereka komanso othandizira a Airbus Perlan Mission II omwe adadzipereka kwambiri kuti apange njira yathu yopanda phindu," atero a Ed Warnock, CEO wa The Perlan Project. "Kupambana kwathu lero, komanso zozizwitsa zina zomwe takwaniritsa chaka chino, ndi umboni wa mzimu woyeserera wofufuza womwe ukudutsa aliyense pantchitoyo komanso mabungwe omwe amatithandiza."

Tom Innov, CEO wa Airbus anati: "Kukonzekera ndi mawu abwinobwino m'mlengalenga masiku ano, koma Perlan ali ndi malingaliro olimba mtima komanso luso lazinthu zomwe zili zofunika kwambiri ku Airbus." "Ntchito ya Perlan ikukwaniritsa zomwe zikuwoneka ngati zosatheka, ndipo kuthandizira kwathu pantchitoyi kumatumiza uthenga kwa ogwira nawo ntchito, omwe amatigulitsa ndi omwe tikupikisana nawo kuti sitingakhazikike chifukwa chazinthu zopanda pake."

Chinthu china choyambirira chomwe chidakwaniritsidwa chaka chino ku Perlan Project chinali kugwiritsa ntchito ndege yayikulu kwambiri m'malo mokwera ndege wamba. Paulendo wandege dzulo, Perlan 2 adakokedwa kumunsi kwa stratosphere ndi Grob Egrett G520 turboprop, ndege yodziwika bwino yomwe idasinthidwa kuti igwire ntchitoyi koyambirira kwa chilimwe. Yogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi AV Experts, LLC, ndikuyendetsedwa ndi woyendetsa ndege wamkulu Arne Vasenden, a Egrett adatulutsa Perlan 2 pafupifupi 42,000 feet, denga loyeserera la Airbus A380.

Kuti akwere kupita kumalo okwera kwambiri padziko lapansi, oyendetsa ndege a Perlan 2 amayenda pamafunde am'mapiri, nyengo yanyengo yomwe imakhalapo ndikamawuluka kwa mphepo kumbuyo kwa mapiri amalimbikitsidwa kwambiri ndi polar vortex. Chodabwitsachi chimachitika kwakanthawi kochepa chaka chilichonse m'malo ochepa padziko lapansi. Wokhala mkati mwa Mapiri a Andes ku Argentina, malo ozungulira El Calafate ndi amodzi mwamalo osowa kumene mafunde ampweyawa amatha kufika mpaka 100,000 kapena kuposa.
Omangidwa ku Oregon komanso okhala kunyumba ku Minden, Nevada, woyendetsa ndege wa Perlan 2 amaphatikizira zinthu zingapo zatsopano kuti athandize cholinga chake chofuna kuchita izi:

• Kapisozi wa kaboni-fiber wokhala ndi magwiridwe antchito apamwamba, opanikizika a kanyumba omwe amathetsa kufunikira kwa ma compressor olemera, okonda mphamvu.

• Makina ophatikizira otsekemera otsekedwa, momwe mpweya wokhawo womwe umagwiritsidwa ntchito ndiomwe amathandizira. Ndiwopepuka kwambiri komanso kothandiza kwambiri kanyumba kosindikizidwa, ndipo kapangidwe kake kali ndi ntchito za ndege zina zazitali kwambiri.

• Makina owonetserako owonetserako momveka bwino omwe akuwonetsa malo omwe mpweya wokwera komanso womira umalowa. Pandege zamalonda, kutsatira mizere ikukwera ikuloleza kukwera mwachangu ndikusunga mafuta, komanso kuthandizira ndege kupewa zochitika zowopsa monga kumeta ubweya wa mphepo ndi ma downdrafts owopsa.

Mosiyana ndi ndege zoyendera, Perlan 2 sizimakhudza kutentha kapena kapangidwe kake ka mpweya wozungulira, ndikupangitsa kuti ikhale nsanja yabwino yophunzirira mlengalenga. Kuyesera komwe kumayendetsedwa pamwamba pazipangizo zake kumatulutsa zatsopano zokhudzana ndi kuthawa kwanyengo, nyengo ndi kusintha kwa nyengo.

Nyengo ino, Perlan 2 ikuwuluka ndi zoyeserera zopangidwa ndi komiti ya sayansi ndi kafukufuku ya Perlan Project, komanso mapulojekiti omwe adapangidwa mogwirizana ndi mabungwe ndi masukulu ku US ndi Argentina. Kafukufuku wa Perlan 2 pano akuphatikiza:

- Kuyesa kuyesa kuyesa kwa ma radiation pamalo okwera, opangidwa ndi ophunzira ochokera ku Cazenovia Central School & Ashford School ku Connecticut. Ntchitoyi ikugwirizana ndi Aphunzitsi mu Space, Inc., bungwe lophunzitsa mopanda phindu lomwe limalimbikitsa chidwi cha ophunzira pa sayansi, ukadaulo, uinjiniya ndi masamu;

- Wolemba zapaulendo wapandege, wopangidwa ndi Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas ku Argentina ndi Técnicas para la Defensa (CITEDEF);

- Chojambulira chachiwiri chokwera ndege, chopangidwa ndi ophunzira ku La Universidad Tecnológica Nacional ku Argentina (UTN) ku Argentina;

- Chida cham'mlengalenga (radiation);

- Kuyesera kotchedwa "Marshmallows in Space," yopangidwa ndi Oregon Museum of Science & Discovery kuti iphunzitse njira yasayansi kwa ana asanakwane.

- Masensa awiri atsopano azachilengedwe, opangidwa ndi The Perlan Project.

Perlan 2 ipitilizabe kufunafuna maulendo ataliatali okwera ndege ndikufufuza mu stratosphere nyengo ndi mphepo zimaloleza pakati pa Seputembala.