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    1966 NASA Mobility Test Article - photos

    An engineer demonstrates a Mobility Test Article (MTA) at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) as he goes down a slope onto soft earth. This unit, weighing 1/6th as much as an actual vehicle, was built by the Bendix Corporation and was one of the concepts of a possible Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). The data provided by the MTA helped in designing the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), developed under the direction of MSFC. The LRV was designed to allow Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during lunar exploration missions.
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    Just be sure to make the wheel "treads" out of something stronger than you think is needed, the Mars rover wound up with lots of wheel damage from sharp rocks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jdurand View Post
    Just be sure to make the wheel "treads" out of something stronger than you think is needed, the Mars rover wound up with lots of wheel damage from sharp rocks.
    Good call. I also didn't know that those raised treads are called grousers. You can see one of the grousers detached in the wheel in the right-hand side of the photo.

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    It got even worse

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