tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post7196469126877708185..comments2024-03-28T21:42:58.991+00:00Comments on MOONBASE CENTRAL: FUTUROVA: GM'S FUTURAMA MOON ROVER AND THE TOY CONNECTIONWOODSYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-40595410839670831762021-01-22T09:02:06.905+00:002021-01-22T09:02:06.905+00:00Thanks for the insights Daniel. Balloon tyres are ...Thanks for the insights Daniel. Balloon tyres are a favourite on this blog and any vintage space toys with them will no doubt feature here. The Futurama event was a space kids dream and those rovers look fabulous. The best toys for moon tyres were the Project SWORD Scramble Bug and the SpaceX Surveyor. Even if the science was a bit optimistic I still love those balloon tyres.WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00237005016866918414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-45529352638495261722021-01-22T04:19:40.219+00:002021-01-22T04:19:40.219+00:00The reason for the balloon wheels was that everyon...The reason for the balloon wheels was that everyone assumed by evolutionary thinking that the moon would dunes of moon dust (read "A Fall Of Moondust") and that ordinary machines would sink into it. Then Armstrong and Aldrin step onto the actual surface and nothing happens because the "billions of years of dust" is a few millimeters thick. Yeah, they were wrong.danielpauldavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15483756492627104244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-30241332094840298622012-08-11T22:00:54.803+01:002012-08-11T22:00:54.803+01:00This FUTURAMA film is a great watch on a number of...This FUTURAMA film is a great watch on a number of levels (the boy and older gent looking at a future world with different eyes...). Those model cities of the future are my model-making inspiration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com