NASA NTRS · 20030005466
Studless Winter Tires
Abstract
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company developed a material for Johnson Space Center used as parachute shrouds to soft land the Vikings through the tenuous Martian atmosphere and has been adapted to new radial tire five times stronger than steel. Fiber has a chain-like molecular structure that gives it incredible strength in proportion to its weight. Material is expected to increase tread life by 10,000 miles.
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1976-01-01. Studless Winter Tires. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20030005466
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