Moon Hoon

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 09/28/2015 at 17:23 • Filed to: spacelopnik

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Astronaut Eugene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, takes a spin on the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during the first Apollo 17 Extravehicular Activity (EVA-1) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site in December 1972. (NASA Photo via !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! )

ly2v8-Brian > ttyymmnn 09/28/2015 at 17:31

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The LRV was an interesting colaboration of engineers from some of america’s biggest companies. Overall design was Boeing, power train by GM, and tires from Goodyear for example.

McMike > ttyymmnn 09/28/2015 at 17:38

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Moon Orlove’d

Leon711 > ly2v8-Brian 09/28/2015 at 17:38

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of course no rubber in the tyres, but a supporting metal mesh with metal strips for treads.

ttyymmnn > ly2v8-Brian 09/28/2015 at 17:38

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Fender by committee.

Punk_Girl_98 > ttyymmnn 09/28/2015 at 17:49

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4 wheel steering, nice!

ly2v8-Brian > ttyymmnn 09/28/2015 at 17:54

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Moon roosertails were unanticipated.

ly2v8-Brian > Leon711 09/28/2015 at 17:59

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Which was really cool

Leon711 > ly2v8-Brian 09/28/2015 at 18:15

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JeepJeremy > ttyymmnn 09/28/2015 at 21:11

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I think it’s amazing that we not only went to the moon: but we brought a car with us. That’s America all the way!