Hoʻomoe ka lepo i ka Mars rover Opportunity

I Iune, ua hōʻike ʻo NASA ua kipa aku kahi ʻino lepo i ka Red Planet, e pale ana i ka Opportunity rover mai ka hoʻomau ʻana a me ka hiamoe ʻana o ka robot. Ua hana maʻalahi kēia, no ka mea, pili ka hana o ka hāmeʻa i ke alo o ka lā.

I ka wā i kākau ʻia ai kēia ʻike, ʻaʻole maopopo ka hopena o ka mea hanohano. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ray Arvidson, ka hope alakaʻi, i loko o kahi paʻi ʻo Iulai 2018 ʻo "ka ʻino i ke ʻano honua a hoʻomau i ka huhū." Eia nō naʻe, manaʻo ʻo Arvidson he kaʻa i pale ʻole i ia mau hanana e hiki ke ola i ka ʻino inā he mau mahina ka lōʻihi, ʻaʻole ia he mea maʻamau ma Mars.

ʻO Opportunity, a i ʻole Mars Exploration Rover-B (MER-B), ke hana nei ma ka ʻili o ka Red Planet no ʻumikumamālima mau makahiki, ʻoiai he 90 mau lā wale nō i hoʻolālā ʻia. I ka manawa like, ke hoʻokō ʻia nei ka misionari ʻelua ʻuhane, i kapa inoa ʻia ʻo Mars Exploration Rover-A, a i ʻole MER-A no ka pōkole. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻouna ka Spirit rover i kāna mau hōʻailona hope i ka Honua i Malaki 2010.