NASA's CV-990 Tire Assault Vehicle (TAV)

An interesting piece of space shuttle history.

CV-990 Tire Assault Vehicle (TAV) - Tank Encyclopedia (tanks-encyclopedia.com)

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great engineering for a problem that I never even knew existed😀

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I love how the person who built the thing pops up in the comments to offer clarifications.

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That whole design is a wonderful piece of engineering and lateral thinking … but why didn’t they just use a .22 calibre rifle and shoot the tyre
… i. Agree it’s a bit primitive but it would be cheaper :thinking:

Just guessing but the place where they landed with the hot tyre might not be safe to be shooting a lethal weapon

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