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Kicking NASA's Tires

Posted February 24, 2008 7:47 AM

Goodyear and NASA researchers are collaborating on the "next generation" lunar tire. Building on Apollo technology from the first moon landing years ago, they want a tire that can handle 10X the weight and travel 100X the distance of its wire mesh predecessor. Any ideas?

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Re: Kicking NASA's Tires

02/25/2008 10:11 AM

Please take a look at a 2.5 minute video on moving over rough surfaces. Go to video google and type in "rough terrain walker mechanism" in the search box, and the video will show a robotic mechanism in action.
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