ESA's MARSIS Ya Samu Haɓaka Software Shekaru 19 Bayan Kaddamar da Sabis ɗin, Binciken Mars ya ce ya sami ingantaccen inganci.

Na'urar Advanced Radar na Mars don Subsurface da Ionospheric Sounding (MARSIS) na Hukumar Kula da Sararin Samaniya ta Turai (ESA) Mars Express an shirya don samun babban haɓakar software wanda zai haɓaka ƙarfinsa. Mars Express shi ne aikin farko na ESA zuwa duniyar Mars, wanda aka kaddamar a ranar 2 ga Yuni, 2003 kuma yana aiki da Windows 98. An sanye shi da kayan aikin MARSIS wanda ya gano alamun ruwa a cikin Red Planet. Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) ke aiki da ita, Italiya, MARSIS tana aika raƙuman radiyo masu ƙarancin mitoci zuwa duniyar ta amfani da eriya mai tsayin mita 40. Yayin da yawancin waɗannan raƙuman ruwa ke dawowa daga saman duniyar Mars, wasu suna iya shiga kuma suna nunawa daga iyakoki tsakanin yadudduka da na abubuwa daban-daban kamar duwatsu, ruwa da kankara.

Sannan masana kimiyya sun yi nazarin siginar da aka nuna waɗanda ke iya yin taswirar tsarin duniyar da ke ƙarƙashin saman ta amfani da su. Yana ba su damar yin nazarin kauri, abun da ke ciki da sauran kaddarorin kayan da ke cikin zurfin ƴan kilomitoci a ƙarƙashin duniyar duniyar.

Yanzu, an saita masana kimiyya don haɓaka software na MARSIS wanda zai sa ya fi dacewa wajen binciken duniyar duniyar da wata ta Phobos tare da mayar da cikakken bayani.

"Bayan shekarun da suka gabata na kimiyya mai amfani da kuma samun kyakkyawar fahimtar duniyar Mars, muna son tura aikin kayan aikin fiye da wasu iyakokin da ake buƙata baya lokacin da aka fara aikin," ya ce) Andrea Cicchetti, MARSIS Mataimakin PI da Manajan Ayyuka a INAF, wanda ya jagoranci haɓaka haɓakawa.

Haɓakawa za ta inganta liyafar sigina da saurin sarrafa kan jirgi na MARSIS ta yadda zai iya aika mafi inganci da ƙarin adadin bayanai zuwa Duniya. Andrea ya bayyana cewa tun da farko sun yi amfani da dabarar dabara don nazarin fasalin Mars da Phobos. Amma, ana amfani da shi don adana bayanai masu ƙarfi da cinye ƙwaƙwalwar ajiyar kayan aiki.

Andrea ya kara da cewa "Ta hanyar watsar da bayanan da ba mu bukata, sabuwar manhaja tana ba mu damar kunna MARSIS har sau biyar tsawon lokaci kuma mu bincika wani yanki mai girma da kowane fasinja," in ji Andrea. Sabuwar manhajar za ta baiwa masana kimiyya damar yin nazari sosai kan wasu yankuna da ke kudu maso gabar tekun Mars daga inda suka riga suka ga alamun ruwa mai ruwa ta hanyar karancin bayanai.

"Hakika yana kama da samun sabon kayan aiki a cikin jirgin Mars Express kusan shekaru 20 bayan kaddamar da shi," in ji shi.