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discovery 01-24-2011 09:36 PM

Moon car
 
Went to Hunsville Alabama Rocket Center and found this moon car ( rather SUV)

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7137/img0928r.jpg

discovery 01-24-2011 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Old Tele man (Post 216754)
...did it have open holes in the seat bottoms (hee,hee)?

...get it? MOON car?

Ha,ha

jakobnev 01-26-2011 07:42 AM

Turn signals? Those people must know something about the moon that we don't!

*goes paranoid*

RobertSmalls 01-26-2011 05:57 PM

I was hoping for light weight, electric drive, a wheel + tire substitute made of wire, etc. What is this vehicle for? It doesn't look like it's particularly suited for anything.

honestabe 01-29-2011 01:08 PM

Wouldn't work on the moon, the tires would explode (hence the wire wheels on the actual moon car).

RobertSmalls 01-29-2011 01:28 PM

Why would they explode? Just take one atmosphere (100kPa / 15psi) of pressure out of your tires before you hit the lunar surface.

honestabe 01-29-2011 02:09 PM

I could swear I remember something on the History channel about NASA having to develop the wire tires to counteract the tires exploding from the lack of pressure.

markweatherill 01-29-2011 02:56 PM

I don't know about turn signals or pneumatic tyres, but a 'moon car' is certainly not going to need windscreen wipers.

Arragonis 01-29-2011 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markweatherill (Post 217651)
I don't know about turn signals or pneumatic tyres, but a 'moon car' is certainly not going to need windscreen wipers.

My first thought too. :D

jamesqf 01-29-2011 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by markweatherill (Post 217651)
...a 'moon car' is certainly not going to need windscreen wipers.

It certainly could: not for rain, of course, but for the dust if you had several travelling in a convoy.

For the tires, the air pressure wouldn't be a problem, of course, but the rubber would have to handle surface temps of 200-250 degrees in a vacuum. I don't know enough about rubber chemistry to know how much of a problem it would be.

I think the main reason the Apollo lunar buggies used metal tires was to keep the weight down, though.

bestclimb 01-30-2011 02:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jakobnev (Post 217039)
Turn signals? Those people must know something about the moon that we don't!

*goes paranoid*

Well you have to be road legal to drive from where it is parked to the moon right?


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