NASA creates hundred-ton rockets that collect specimens from planets

NASA plans to build a kind of heavy missile based on the space launch system (SLS), which can fly far above planets near the Earth like the Moon or Mars, to come and bring specimens. from distant planets like the moon of Pluto to Earth.

Image simulating super SLS rocket. (Photo: Boeing)

The missile can weigh from 70 tons to 130 tons, tasked with launching unmanned aerial vehicles onto Pluto's moon Charon, or taking specimens from Jupiter's moon Europa, star moon Titan Earth.

It is expected that the first flight of the SLS missile will be launched on Earth's low orbit in 2017 with a 70-ton version. Starting in 2022, it is expected to launch a 130-ton SLS rocket. The missile's diameter is about 8.4 meters, carrying a 10-meter-diameter cone and SLS system with a load of 1,100 cubic meters.

In it, the conical nose will allow bringing specimens from the outer planets back to Earth for research. Also carrying such a large scientific spacecraft can help combat the harsh radiation environment on planets.