Saturday, November 25, 2017

NASA's New Titanium Airless Tires Are Nearly Indestructible

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Stretch a Slinky toy too far, and eventually the metal coil will be warped so much it won’t be able to return to its original spring shape. That’s a problem also faced by the metal spring tires designed to roll across our Moon, and other planets our rovers are exploring. But NASA has created an alternative, made from…

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