WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — NASA ne hafte ko chand par tijarati landings ke 10 arab dollar ke naye programme ke liye aath companiyon ka intikhab kiya aur chand ke junoobi qutb ke liye johari tawanai se chalne wale aik rover ka order diya, kyunke woh khalabazon ki wapsi se pehle chand par aik mustaqil adde ke ibtidai hisse nasb karna shuru kar raha hai.
NASA ke administrator Jared Isaacman ne Florida mein Kennedy Space Center mein idare ki MAX POWER numaish mein in muahidon ka elan karte hue kaha: “Hum chand ka adda aik aik mission kar ke bana rahe hain.” Unhon ne kaha ke jab khalabaz wapas jayenge to unhein “chand ke adde ke ibtidai hisse satah par pehle se un ke muntazir” milenge.
Landers: Blue Origin, Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, iSpace US, Lockheed Martin Space, Northrop Grumman Space Systems, SpaceX aur Voyager Technologies agle 10 barson mein chand par saman aur tajarbaat pahunchane ke orders ke liye muqabla karengi, jis muahide ki majmui maliyat zyada se zyada 10 arab dollar hai. NASA ne is programme ke pehle marhale ki had bhi 2.6 arab dollar se barha kar 4.2 arab dollar kar di.
Mars ke fazil purzon se rover: NASA ki Jet Propulsion Laboratory Curiosity aur Perseverance Mars rovers ke bache hue fazil purzon aur test models se PROMISE naami chhe pahiyon wala, johari tawanai se chalne wala rover banayegi. Is mein taqreeban aik metre zer-e-zameen tak khudai karne wala drill, spectrometers, cameras aur tabkari ke sensors honge, taake barf aur deegar wasail talash kiye ja sakein aur landing ki jagahein muntakhib karne mein madad mile. Blue Origin ise 9 crore 40 lakh dollar ke muahide ke tehat apne Mark 1 lander par pahunchayegi, jis mein mazeed 14 crore dollar tak ka option bhi hai. Is ki rawangi 2028 ke aakhir mein 18 maah ke mission ke liye tay hai.
Wahan tak pahunchna: taqreeban 1.3 arab dollar ke mazeed chhe orders Arrow Science and Technology, Blue Origin aur Impulse Space ko launches aur zameen ke madar se chand tak muntaqili ke liye diye gaye. In mein aise drones shamil hain jo khalabazon ki aamad se pehle junoobi qutb ka survey karenge, aur chand ke madar mein navigation aur muwasilat ke tajarbaat bhi. SpaceX alag se 2028 mein Starship par chand ki janib muwasilati satellite bhejegi. Satah par bijli ke liye NASA Redwire, Blue Origin ki Honeybee Robotics aur Yank Technologies se solar, battery aur wireless power ke purze kharidega.
NASA ke Moon Base programme ke sarbarah Carlos García-Galán ne kaha: “Sab se aham baat yeh hai ke hum ne amli qadam uthaya hai, naye muahide diye hain aur taraqqi tez karne ke liye nayi shirakatein qaim ki hain.”
Pakistan ka hissa: chand ka junoobi qutb wohi jagah hai jahan Pakistan bhi ja raha hai. Qaumi khalai idare SUPARCO ka banaya hua 35 kilogram ka rover 2028 mein China ke Chang’e-8 mission ke zariye wahan utrega, aur Pakistani scientist ise zameen se chalayenge. Aik Pakistani khalabaz China ke khalai station par jane wale pehle ghair mulki banne wale hain.
