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Putting a Car on the Moon

What's Your Problem?

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Spacesuit Steering Don't Work

On apollo 16, a hammer snags itself on the fender of one of the rear wheels. Now he's driving around on the moon, and he's kicking up a huge flume of moon dust. This gritty moon dust gets into everything. There're no repair shops on the moon. So the steering doesn't work. And is that the end of that? Do they just not drive? On that mission? It magically connects and they're fine.

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