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[โ€“] Xariphon@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[โ€“] MajorSauce@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This might seem odd, but the answer you seek is in the article.

[โ€“] robdor@lemmynsfw.com -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[โ€“] Wilshire@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

NASA repurposed a Tamiya RC tank with a drill on top to dispose of blowout-prone Space Shuttle tire prototypes after testing.

[โ€“] robdor@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Something something fallen into my trap perfectly. Also neat.

[โ€“] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Lmao as soon as i saw your last comment i suspected what you were doing, very well played

[โ€“] saze 2 points 1 year ago

Works every time, thanks friend!

[โ€“] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

To deliberately cause the tires to explode during testing without putting humans at risk

[โ€“] corytheboyd@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

To serve butter.