There was an advert for Goodyear for their new puncture resistent tyres, which said, "The company to put the first tyre on the moon..." Is that true?

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Since the LRV didn't use rubber tires, I doubt it.

Maybe they mean the tires on the little cart they used on Apollo 12?

(I'm acronym-challenged today... what was the designation of that little cart?)

Edited to add: It was Apollo 14, not 12, and it was called the MET (mobile equipment transporter). Still don't know if that's what the ad was referring to, though.

I assume you mean the Mobile Equipment Transporter (MET) carried on Apollo 14. I only recall the HTC on Apollo 12.

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Right... you posted as I was looking it up.

From here:
Doesn't say anything else about it. It's just a list of Goodyear Innovations.


And from here:
They may be confused.

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About their own accomplishment? That does not inspire confidence.

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Well, the Modular Equipment Transporter and the "Moon Buggy" are two different things, right?

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Whoops. Looks like it was the author of the article that was wrong, not Goodyear. Confidence restored.

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I'd have to see the advert again to see if the LRV was actually shown, but I definitely don't think they would have shown a shopping trolley.

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Glom, i saw this ad strategicaly placed in the final ad break in "The Behind The Moon Landings" featuring Jay on C5. It showed the new "run on flat" tyre rolling superimposed on a shot of an astronaut "bunny hopping" on the lunar surface (not sure who/what mission) and then another of it rolling in front of the LEM. It kinda irritated me as i recall reading some CNs site where he made a big thing about the fact that the LR in NASM had pnumatic tyres.

Given the way they think, i saw this ad. as adding fuel to their fire. #-o

edited to add:

IIRC the entire LRV including the tyres was designed/built by Boeing at their Kent, Washington site.

To be fair they don't show the LRV, although of course the way the put it, the advert implies it.

The LRV had a kind of wire frame tyre, that was not pneumatic. However, the LRV Training vehicle used on earth prior to the launches did have pneumatic tyres.

As mentioned above (I think...) it was the little "caddy kart" they used on 12 and 14 (I think) that had pneumatic tyres, but I would suggest this would look a little silly if they actually showed this in the advert! So they are just "stretching the truth" by portraying just a tyre, and allowing the viewer to make the (wrong!) mental connection! Advertising always was devious.... :^o

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Apollo 14 had a MET, Apollo 12 had a HTC (Hand Tool Carrier)

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a14/AS14-68-9404.jpg

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Sorry, my mistake.

However, I wish my golf trolley looked like that! At least I would have something else to play with once I had lost all my balls.....

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Hi Skyfire,

Oh the temptation..... Oh the temptation........................ [-X [-X

Cheers,

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What?

He could still fiddle around with the putter, couldn't he?

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Yep ...

And, Sink it, Right in The HOLE ...

Alright, I'm Done ...

Family Board, Family Board, Family Board, Family Board ...

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Oh dear. Posting in an "after dinner low blood sugar" moment while at work probably means I deserve what I get!

Yes.... just got to remember .... "Family Board..."....

..... but it WOULD be a cool golf trolley though....

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