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NASA Is Making Moon Rover Parts Out of Metallic Glass – Futurism
“These gears could help enable potential operations during the lunar night, in permanently shadowed lunar craters, in polar regions on the Moon, and on ocean worlds.”
Glass Box
NASA scientists are taking an unusual approach to the material science behind its upcoming lunar rovers and landers by building components out of heavy-duty metallic glass.
The glass gears and gearbox, thankfully, are sturdier than they sound at first and passed a number of rigorous durability tests, according to a NASA press release. The main selling point of moving away from traditional metals where possible, the scientists say, is that glass parts can work at vastly lower temperat…
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