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submitted 11 months ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/space@lemmy.world
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[-] Spaghetti_Hitchens@kbin.social 22 points 11 months ago

Wouldn't this be a tire battery vehicle, or does it shout obscenities at the tires, too?

(This is just a really dumb joke btw)

[-] sevan@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Did they assault every tire, just in case, or did they have some way to know which ones were a threat?

[-] saltnotsugar@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

The Schwerer Bohrpanzer II, built on the King Tiger chassis was not effective during WW2, for it was a smol lad. It later got a sweet gig at NASA and didnโ€™t even need to pass a drug test.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago
[-] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

Werner 'forced labor' von Braun?

[-] Xariphon@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago
[-] MajorSauce@sh.itjust.works 20 points 11 months ago

This might seem odd, but the answer you seek is in the article.

[-] robdor@lemmynsfw.com -5 points 11 months ago
[-] Wilshire@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

NASA repurposed a Tamiya RC tank with a drill on top to dispose of blowout-prone Space Shuttle tire prototypes after testing.

[-] robdor@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 11 months ago

Something something fallen into my trap perfectly. Also neat.

[-] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Lmao as soon as i saw your last comment i suspected what you were doing, very well played

[-] saze@feddit.uk 2 points 11 months ago

Works every time, thanks friend!

[-] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago

To deliberately cause the tires to explode during testing without putting humans at risk

[-] corytheboyd@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

To serve butter.

[-] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I bet that was a fun project.

[-] 21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 11 months ago

Would it have been cheaper and easier to build a jig and/or cage to do the same job?

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