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Testing the new Moon rover concept
Raoul
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10/26/2008 9:46:59 AM
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Great
!!!
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/284898main_IMG_4149.JPG
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Testing the new Moon rover concept
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Raoul
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10/26/2008 9:46:59 AM
re: Testing the new Moon rover concept
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Raoul
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10/29/2008 7:27:26 PM
Someone needs to KISS that design.
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Lee
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10/26/2008 2:42:21 PM
re: I agree. How many spare tires/wheels are they bringing?
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Vince
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10/30/2008 2:17:01 AM
Tires cannot be used on the Moon! (Far too bouncy)
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Raoul
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10/30/2008 5:38:28 AM
Interesting point.
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RobVG
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10/26/2008 6:10:22 PM
I would guess it would have dust covers.
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Bowser
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10/27/2008 12:55:22 AM
re: Someone needs to KISS that design.
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Marcia
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10/26/2008 6:00:34 PM
Great, but it looks like a horrible traffic accident
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nick hoffman
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10/26/2008 10:33:26 AM
Using the PLSS as an airlock is an engineering challenge but it solves all kinds of problems!
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Raoul
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10/26/2008 5:13:17 PM
re: More pictures and movies!
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Raoul
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10/26/2008 9:58:01 AM
re: More pictures and movies! - Ok, but tha't not a rover, it's a bus.
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Marcia
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10/26/2008 6:11:09 PM
re: More pictures and movies! - Ok, but tha't not a rover, it's a bus... on stilts.
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Marcia
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10/26/2008 7:04:06 PM
A movie of the pressurized vehicle
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Raoul
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10/26/2008 8:44:01 PM
Remember MOLAB?
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Socrates II
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10/26/2008 11:43:13 PM
MOLAB was unstable, according to the engineers.
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Raoul
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10/27/2008 5:37:50 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.