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Topic: Mars Spring Tire for rovers (Apollo LRV heritage)
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damnyankee36 Member Posts: 37 From: Alamogordo, NM USA Registered: Aug 2017
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posted 01-08-2018 03:25 PM
I've been following news of the development of a new wheel design for a future Mars rover. I noticed that the design was based on the lunar rover tire except that it will be using a shape memory alloy. This is to prevent permanent damage/deformation under heavy loading.With that in mind, does anyone recall of damage done to any of the lunar rover tires? After John Young's "Grand Prix" test I can't imagine any other mission causing damage during their routine operations. I would imagine the Mars rover's designers are overbuilding due to the higher gravity and heavy weight of the their rover. | |
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