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Ka la 1 Hlakubele, moetsi oa carbon fiber Hexcel Corporation e thehiloeng US e phatlalalitse hore thepa ea eona e tsoetseng pele e khethiloe ke Northrop Grumman bakeng sa tlhahiso ea bophelo bo matlafatsang le pheletso ea bophelo bakeng sa NASA ea Artemis 9 Booster Obsolescence le Life Extension. BOLE) matlafatso.

Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems e tobane le ho felloa ke nako ha litsamaiso tsa ho qala sepakapaka moralong oa matlafatso le tlhahiso.Matlafatso a ntlafalitsoeng a nang le fiber ea carbon e bobebe ea Hexcel le prepreg e tla fana ka ts'ebetso e eketsehileng e tla u tsoela molemo nakong e tlang ea tlhahlobo ea khoeli, mesebetsi ea mahlale le mesebetsi ea Mars.

Ho qala ka thomo ea Artemis 9, li-thrusters tse ncha tsa BOLE li tla nkela sebaka sa tšepe le litšepe tse neng li sebelisoa nakong e fetileng lits'ebetsong tsa sepakapaka ka mochini o bobebe oa carbon fiber composite hull le meaho e ntlafalitsoeng le e ntlafalitsoeng, lits'ebetso tsa taolo ea li-vector tsa elektroniki, le lisebelisoa tsa propellant.Litaba tsa ho felloa ke nako.

Kopo ea pele ea BOLE setsing sa Northrop Grumman's Cape, Utah.Hexcel Advanced Composites e tla sebelisoa ho etsa khetla ea pele e kopaneng bakeng sa BOLE thruster, e tla sebelisoa ho Sisteme ea ho Launch Space bakeng sa thomo e reriloeng ea 2031 Artemis 9.