Comments on: Airless Metal Mesh Tires Awarded R&D 100 Award

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:54:26 +0000

Once they had the design complete they sprang into action and built a prototype.

By: Chris Burns

Chris Burns — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:20:13 +0000

Five star blockbuster comment.

By: Singapura

Singapura — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:55:25 +0000

I guess the researchers worked tirelessly on this concept?

By: Another "one of those"

Another "one of those" — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 19:05:21 +0000

This is what happens when a content farm gobbles up a PR feed and vomits unthinking, unresearched moronitude on the web. Well done!

Even the article’s author didn’t read the release did they, that’s what “Moon tires of the past were still just rubber, rubber that didn’t exactly hold up in heat, cold, and solar radiation” in the article suggests, no?

Surely a tech site wouldn’t be so uninformed as to write something this dumb:

“Rockin! How long until these and other airless tire concepts are a reality here on Earth?”

You would have thought a supposed authority on tech and gadgetry would have known about Michelin’s Tweel. One would have thought that a writer for SlashGear would know how to use Google at least. Hint; “Airless tyre”. Simples!!

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:18:45 +0000

“Moon tires of the past were still just rubber, rubber that didn’t exactly hold up in heat, cold, and solar radiation.”

Give me 1 example of a lunar vehicle that had rubber tires!

By: John

John — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:58:15 +0000

You’re one of those, huh? You’re the type of guy always trying to prove how smart he is. Only to prove the opposite. Read the article again, you missed few facts.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:10:07 +0000

You didn’t get past the first line in the article did you?

“It is designed to carry much heavier vehicles over much greater distances than the wire mesh tire (which Goodyear also contributed to) that was previously used on the Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV)”

By: munitor

munitor — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:17:16 +0000

Sorry to disappoint, but this was invented for the Apollo missions in 1971 and 1972, used on the lunar rover. Go look at pictures on wiki and you can clearly see the springs in the tires of the lunar rovers and see light passing through them. Ancient history.

By: tbtbtb

tbtbtb — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 22:26:38 +0000

This is so cool !

By: sola

sola — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 20:04:32 +0000

Wicked