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Title: NASA's chainmail wheel
Post by: Krimson on July 02, 2018, 01:14:39 AM

I'm sharing this because I thought it was cool. It's a link to a wheel being developed by NASA that is basically a chainmail wheel. It could be handy in maybe Spelljammer, or more ground bound games, made by industrious dwarves or gnomes.

NASA's chainmail wheel (https://www.facebook.com/Autoblog/videos/10156306153746760/?permPage=1)

Title: NASA's chainmail wheel
Post by: Toadmaster on July 02, 2018, 01:29:54 AM

It is neat, but odd that they make this seem like something completely new. It just looks to be an improvement over the titanium wire mesh tires used by the Lunar rover in 1969-70.

http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-120508a.html

Title: NASA's chainmail wheel
Post by: Tod13 on July 02, 2018, 10:31:56 AM

Even neater is the on-site fix they did using, of course, duct tape.

https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/duct-tape-auto-repair-moon (https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/duct-tape-auto-repair-moon)

Title: NASA's chainmail wheel
Post by: Krimson on July 02, 2018, 10:47:03 AM

Quote from: Toadmaster;1046832It is neat, but odd that they make this seem like something completely new. It just looks to be an improvement over the titanium wire mesh tires used by the Lunar rover in 1969-70.

http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-120508a.html

True, though it is a pretty neat improvement.

Title: NASA's chainmail wheel
Post by: Tod13 on July 05, 2018, 09:40:06 AM

Quote from: Krimson;1046875True, though it is a pretty neat improvement.

Would be nice to trickle-down to non-inflated automobile tires. :-)

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Pen & Paper Roleplaying Central => Pen and Paper Roleplaying Games (RPGs) Discussion => Topic started by: Krimson on July 02, 2018, 01:14:39 AM