Lunar rover wheel prototype (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Lunar rover wheel prototype

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Despite enabling a more complex spoke pattern and spoke locking features to the wheel, 3D-printing simplified and reduced the cost of the wheel design and made final assembly easier

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Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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