SpaceX may have a lot in conflict, but you have to admit one thing: NASA approves. So much so that it will use SpaceX as the launch company for the SPHEREx program.
The SPHEREx project is very interesting. The name means Spectrophotometer for the history of the universe, reionization era and Ices Explorer (you can see why you need a nickname), and is designed to answer two big questions. First, it is supposed to help us understand how our universe evolved. Second, it is designed to track the basics of life across the galaxy; basically, to what extent are certain elements common and in what combinations should they appear for life to happen?
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The SPHEREx instrument will be able to pick up near-optical, infrared light from a mind-surprisingly large number of sources: more than 100 million stars in the Milky Way itself and more than 300 million more galaxies. He will come to address two different but equally fundamental issues in these two different views.
All in all, SPHEREx will scan the entire sky and collect data at 96 different wavelengths of light. Within our Milky Way galaxy, SPHEREx will map water and organic molecules, which are key ingredients for life as we know it. And beyond our galaxy, will look back at the first moments of our universe. Scientists will be able to use their data to prioritize targeting for future space telescope missions, including the James Webb Space Telescope and the Wide Field Infrared Research Telescope.
Hopefully the probe will launch as early as 2024, taking a ride with the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The launch will still be managed by NASA, and NASA will still take care of all the data, just need SpaceX as a way to stick out of the atmosphere.
With the money I had to pay to SpaceX, we’re looking at a mission that costs around $ 98.8 million, which seems like a lot, but it could be a small price to pay to find out more about the mysteries of the universe.