Načrtovana združitev Oriona in lunarnega pristajalnika Starship. Foto: Nasa
Za slovensko občinstvo je mogoče najzanimivejše dejstvo, da bo odpravi Artemis III poveljeval Randy Bresnik , Američan in Nasin astronavt slovenskega rodu.
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Posadka odprave Artemis III od leve proti desni: Douglas, Parmitano, Bresnik, Rubio. Foto: Nasa
Bresnik z vzdevkom " Komrade " je bil rojen leta 1967 v ameriški zvezni državi Kentucky. Je nekdanji marinec, vojaški pilot, Nasi se je pridružil leta 2004. V vesolje je prvič poletel leta 2009 z raketoplanom Atlantis ( STS-129 ). Na nebo se je vrnil leta 2017 na misiji Sojuz MS-05 , nato je postal pomočnik poveljnika astronavtov. Njegove korenine segajo v Zgornjo Savinjsko dolino, ki jo je že večkrat obiskal. Randyjeva prababica je bila doma z Ljubnega, pradedek pa iz Luč. Na začetku prejšnjega stoletja sta se odpravila v ZDA, tam ustvarila družino in tudi ostala. Zanimivo je tudi, da je bil njegov pradedek Albert Bresnik fotograf znane pilotke Amelie Earhart . Njegova žena je vesoljska pravnica Rebecca Bresnik , ki sodeluje pri programu MVP . Oba sta prisostvovala, ko je Slovenija leta 2024 v Ljubljani podpisala sporazume Artemis.
Dobili smo tudi prvega Evropejca, ki bo poletel v programu Artemis. Sicer ne do Lune, a vendarle. Tudi ta je zelo izkušen: Italijan Luca Parmitano , rojen leta 1976, testni pilot v italijanski vojski in uradni pilot Artemis II. Esi se je pridružil leta 2009. V vesolje je prvič odšel leta 2013 v okviru odprave Sojuz TMA-09M . Tedaj je prestal strašljivo preizkušnjo: med vesoljskim sprehodom zunaj Mednarodne vesoljske postaje mu je v čelado začela vdirati voda zaradi napake na filtru. Posledično je komaj videl in bil v nevarnosti utopitve; a se je naposled rešil. Njegova druga misija je bila Sojuz MS-13 leta 2019, kjer se je proslavil kot prvi ploščosuk (DJ) v vesolju .
Specialist odprave bo prav tako veteran, Frank Rubio (Nasa). Star je 50 let, nekdanji vojaški pilot. V vrste astronavtov se je vpisal leta 2017. Njegova posebnost pa je v tem, da je v vesolju bil le enkrat, a obenem letel na dveh misijah, Sojuz MS-22 in Sojuz MS-23 . To pa zato, ker je Sojuzu MS-22 puščal hladilni sistem, za vrnitev pa je bila potrebna nova vesoljska ladja. S tem je Rubio postal Američan z najdlje trajajočim vesoljskim poletom, 371 dni.
Drugi specialist pa je novinec Andre Douglas , star je 40 let, med astronavti se uri od leta 2021, je visoko izobražen strojnik in znanstvenik.
V rezervi je samo eden, in sicer 51-letni Robert Hines , prav tako vojaški pilot. Udeležil se je odprave Crew-4 leta 2022.
Zakaj je odprava Artemis III pomembna
Skoraj osem let je Nasa naznanjala, da se bodo astronavti vrnili na Luno prav na odpravi Artemis III. Pred le nekaj meseci pa je novi administrator Nase Jared Isaacman oznanil prestrukturiranje programa. Motilo ga je, da je Artemis III začrtan preveč ambiciozno in tudi preveč tvegano. Z drugimi besedami: Nasa bi v Artemis III postorila vse, kar so izvedle odprave Apollo 7, 9, 10 in 11. Zato je pristanek človeka na Luni zamaknil za eno misijo, na Artemis IV, in popolnoma spremenil arhitekturo. Dodal je en korak, ki zmanjšuje tveganje.
Odprava Artemis III bo po novem potekala v nizki zemeljski tirnici, predvidoma na višini pod 460 kilometri, kar je primerljivo z Mednarodno vesoljsko postajo, piše medij ArsTechnica. To bo ena najkompleksnejših Nasinih misij v zadnjih desetletjih, saj bo zahtevala kar tri koordinirane izstrelitve in hkratno upravljanje treh vesoljskih plovil.
Blue Moon Mk 1. Foto: Blue Origin
Najprej bo izstreljen lunarni pristajalnik Blue Moon ameriškega podjetja Blue Origin . V podjetju so nekoliko skopi s podatki, kakšen bo ta pristajalnik, omenili so le, da bo nekje med različicama Mk1 in Mk2 . To ne pove veliko, ker je Mk1 precej majhen in namenjen dostavi tovora, Mk2 pa ogromen in namenjen prevažanju posadke.
A odgovor Blue Origina obenem namiguje, da utegnejo predelati Mk1 in ga prirediti za prevoz posadke, v skladu s pozivom Nase, naj čim bolj pohitrijo vrnitev človeka na Luno, in da bo Mk 2 prevzel žezlo pozneje.
Blue Moon bo na misiji Artemis zmožen 90 dni letenja, posledično je najbolj prilagodljiv, in zato ga bodo izstrelili prvega. Opremljen bo s hipergoličnim pogonom, torej takšnim, ki ga ni treba hladiti. Poznejši bodo uporabljali ohlajena kisik in vodik, kar bo s seboj prineslo številne logistične težave, ki jih morajo še razrešiti.
Kot druga bo izstreljena raketa SLS , ki bo na nebo ponesla vesoljsko plovilo Orion . V njem bodo zgoraj omenjeni astronavti. Orion se bo približal Blue Moonu, manevriral okoli njega in se naposled priklopil. Nato bodo preizkušali letenje združenega plovila z Orionovim pogonom. Posadka se bo vkrcala v pristajalnik in preverila delovanje naprav za ohranjanje za življenje primernih razmer.
Šele nato bo izstreljen Starship . Presenetljivo je, da ta ne bo v različici Starship HLS . Ali drugače: ne bo poletel lunarni pristajalnik, temveč "navaden" Starship V3 z dodanim priklopom. O…
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