Bridgestone’s Two New Lunar Rover Tire Prototypes Use Thin Metal Spokes Instead of Air-Filled Rubber

Bridgestone is getting ready to unveil two new prototypes of their second-generation lunar rover tires at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) booth during the 40th Space Symposium. These tires are designed for small and medium-sized rovers, and they’re lighter than the ones they revealed last year. The updates are all about making them work better on the Moon, where it’s super hot or cold, there’s no air, and the ground is covered in fine, scratchy dust called regolith. What’s different from last year? Bridgestone isn’t spilling all the tech secrets in their announcements ahead of the event, but we

Source: https://www.techeblog.com/bridgestone-new-lunar-rover-tire-prototypes-jaxa/

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