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NASA and Goodyear recreate the original moon tires
Project relies on the memories of 80-year old Apollo scientist.
by WKSU's JEFF ST. CLAIR


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Jeff St. Clair
 
This photo of the original moon tire was one of the few items discovered in the NASA archives used by the team to recreate the tire.
Courtesy of photo courtesy of NASA
Some parts are easier to come by than others. Take the three original lunar rovers. They're still on the moon. And so are their tires. Which posed a problem for NASA scientists trying to recreate those tires for a new lunar rover because no one at NASA could find instructions for building them.
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NASA's Vivake Asnani tests the moon tire at NASA Glenn in Cleveland
Goodyear engineer Dave Glemming checks on the 1/6 scale lunar rover.
The research team that developed the original and replicate moon tires - Ferenc Pavlics front row, 3rd from left.
One of the 3 Apollo Lunar Rovers still on the moon.
Woven piano wire mesh awaiting the shaping process after heat treating.
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interesting to hear that the nasa scientists had to reinvent the wheel


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