Varda kos npe rau NASA kev koom tes rau lub chaw tsim khoom lag luam demo davhlau rau xyoo tom ntej

Thaum ntxov Varda Space Industries tau kos npe rau ob daim ntawv cog lus nrog NASA, lub tuam txhab tshaj tawm rau hnub Friday, ua kom nkag mus rau cov thev naus laus zis tseem ceeb uas lub tuam txhab yuav xav tau rau thawj zaug ua qauv qhia ntawm nws qhov chaw Hoobkas.

Varda lub hom phiaj yog los tsim ib txoj hauv kev tshiab rau kev tsim cov khoom siv hauv qhov chaw, lub sijhawm los tsim cov khoom uas muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau lub ntiaj teb zoo dua hauv qhov chaw microgravity. Lub Chaw Chaw Thoob Ntiaj Teb Thoob Ntiaj Teb tau ua lub txaj sim rau cov thev naus laus zis - tab sis Varda xav tsim cov khoom ntawm qhov ntsuas ntau dua. A McKinsey tsab ntawv ceeb toom tsis ntev los no tau qhia txog lub peev xwm los ua khoom ntawm semiconductors mus rau kws tshuaj thiab lwm yam.

"Cov kev koom tes nrog NASA yog ib txoj hauv kev zoo rau peb txhawm rau txhawm rau txhim kho," Varda co-founder Delian Asparouhov hais rau CNBC.

Varda lub kaw lus siv lub tsheb peb-thooj: Lub dav hlau, lub tshuab tsim khoom, thiab cov tshuaj tiv thaiv tshav kub kom rov nkag los ntawm huab cua thiab av. Founded hauv lig 2020, Varda tau nce $ 53 lab rau hnub tim thiab tsis ntev los no tau tsiv mus rau 61,000-square-foot lub tsev hauv paus hauv El Segundo, California.

Nws thawj lub hom phiaj yog teem caij ya mus rau SpaceX tso tawm, hu ua Transporter-8 - npaj rau lub quarter thib ob ntawm xyoo tom ntej. Pob Tsuas Xyooj yog muab lub dav hlau rau thawj plaub lub luag haujlwm, nrog Varda ua cov khoom tsim thiab tshuaj ntsiav hauv tsev.

Varda ob khub ntawm Chaw Ua Haujlwm Daim Ntawv Pom Zoo tau kos npe nrog NASA - ib qho nrog Ames chaw hauv California thiab lwm qhov nrog lub chaw Langley hauv Virginia - muab lub tuam txhab nkag mus rau kev nkag mus thiab cov cuab yeej siv hluav taws xob uas xav tau rau nws lub luag haujlwm. Hom kev koom tes ntawm NASA no sib txawv hauv cov peev txheej, tab sis feem ntau muab cov tuam txhab chaw nkag mus rau lub koom haum thev naus laus zis ntawm me ntsis kom tsis muaj nqi.

Kev koom tes nrog NASA's Ames yuav tso cai rau Varda los yuav cov khoom siv tiv thaiv tshav kub, uas Asparouhov tau sau tseg "yog cov khoom muaj tswv yim heev uas nyuaj heev kom tau los ntawm NASA muab cov khoom muag tsawg."

Ntxiv rau kev yuav khoom rau tsawg kawg yog Varda thawj ob lub luag haujlwm, qhov kev pom zoo kuj muab rau lub tuam txhab paub txog kev ua kom cov cua sov thaiv nws tus kheej - uas yog tus tsim thiab CEO Will Bruey tau piav qhia tias yog "kev sib koom ua ke loj rau peb."

"Nws yog kev sib raug zoo zoo, vim tias nrog kev hloov pauv thev naus laus zis los ntawm NASA peb kuj tuaj yeem ua lag luam ntawm qib tiv thaiv tshav kub thiab pab lawv txhim kho nws ntxiv," Bruey tau hais.

Varda qhov kev pom zoo nrog NASA's Langley muab lub tuam txhab nkag mus rau cov ntaub ntawv nkag mus rau huab cua, lwm qhov tseem ceeb rau nws cov kab ke.

Asparouhov tau hais tias "Qhov tseem ceeb tau txais kev nkag mus rau cov qauv ntaub ntawv ntawm yuav ua li cas cov khoom nkag mus rau hauv huab cua," Asparouhov tau hais, ntxiv tias "nws tseem ceeb heev" rau kev pom zoo los ntawm Tsoom Fwv Tebchaws Aviation Administration thaum xa rov qab lub dav hlau mus rau lub ntiaj teb.

Varda thawj version ntawm nws cov tshuaj ntsiav rov qab yuav yog 90 kilograms (lossis txog 200 phaus) tag nrho, lub tuam txhab tau hais. Nws sawv cev rau qhov tsawg kawg nkaus cov khoom siv tau los ua pov thawj qhov system ua haujlwm, thiab yuav rov qab ob peb kilograms ntawm cov khoom tsim. Varda tseem tsis tau tshaj tawm tias cov khoom siv dab tsi yuav raug tsim los ntawm thawj lub hom phiaj.

Tus thawj capsule version yuav ya Varda thawj plaub lub luag haujlwm thiab yuav rov qab mus txog 10 mus rau 15 kilograms ntawm cov khoom tsim tawm ib lub davhlau. Lub tuam txhab tsom mus rau qhov thib ob version ntawm lub tsheb nyob ze rau qhov kawg ntawm 2025, tsim kom muaj cov khoom xa rov qab mus txog 100 kilograms ib zaug.

Varda lub tsev hauv paus tshiab muab lub tuam txhab tsim muaj peev xwm tsim tau ntawm "rau rau yim lub davhlau hauv ib xyoos," Asparouhov tau hais. Lub tuam txhab tam sim no nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm nws qhov kev sim phiaj los nqis tes rau thawj lub hom phiaj, ua qhov kev sim poob thiab ua haujlwm ntawm kev sib koom ua ke ntawm lub tsheb nrog Rocket Lab lub dav hlau.

Bruey tau hais tias "Tam sim no txhua qhov kev pheej hmoo raug tua, kuv nyiam hom kev pheej hmoo yuav muaj," Bruey hais.

Asparouhov, uas tseem yog tus thawj coj ntawm Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, tau sau tseg tias Varda "zoo nkauj" tias nws tuaj yeem "tau dhau los ntawm thawj lub hom phiaj yooj yim yam tsis muaj kev nrhiav nyiaj ntxiv."

Txog tam sim no lub tuam txhab hais tias nws txoj kev npaj tau ua tiav zoo dua li qhov xav tau thiab nws pab neeg tau nce nrawm dua li qhov kev kwv yees yav dhau los rau ntau dua 60 tus neeg.