How NASA Reinvented The Wheel - Shape Memory Alloys

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  • @Freakeasy_chicago
    @Freakeasy_chicago Před 4 lety +1295

    Considering curiosity has gone more than 7 years past it’s predicted lifespan, I’d say they did a pretty good job on the wheels

    • @merxellus1456
      @merxellus1456 Před 4 lety +26

      It is never enough

    • @lanceward4665
      @lanceward4665 Před 4 lety +27

      Minimonk if u think about it most car tires won’t last that long

    • @codzy2850
      @codzy2850 Před 4 lety +69

      @@lanceward4665 yeah but a car drives thousands and thousand of km on one pair of tires and the mars rover only travled 40km

    • @no_t1es
      @no_t1es Před 4 lety +53

      @Codzy yeah but the terrain on mars is way different from ours, and because of the incredibly different temperatures at day and at night, you shouldn't even compare it to a normal car tire

    • @greengreen110
      @greengreen110 Před 4 lety +7

      they could've done better, you can always do better

  • @johnnybadboy3475
    @johnnybadboy3475 Před 5 lety +5261

    I can’t believe you got sponsored by such a prestigious organization. Great job!

  • @akg_table
    @akg_table Před 4 lety +954

    3:45 jesus can you imagine having the memory of riding a dune buggy on the moon? nobody can top that

    • @reed8462
      @reed8462 Před 4 lety +38

      Cziffra I was dead serious thinking the same thing 😂 that would be crazy

    • @pretinhobasico6539
      @pretinhobasico6539 Před 4 lety +42

      and those MF thinking nice ride on Lambo.

    • @Malohdek
      @Malohdek Před 4 lety +90

      Man I was straight up laughing saying "That man is living his best fucking life".

    • @SeaJay_Oceans
      @SeaJay_Oceans Před 4 lety +9

      Drinking a Beer, On Mars. :-)

    • @shaunbanda6728
      @shaunbanda6728 Před 4 lety +11

      Why would Jesus ever imagine that....

  • @nilsgensert5814
    @nilsgensert5814 Před 4 lety +574

    2:35 "It employs a nuclear reactor for power."
    Don't you mean nuclear GENERATOR? Because it's a big difference. A reactor runs on controlled fission, whereas a generator just uses the heat of natural radioactive decay.

    • @calinwin445
      @calinwin445 Před 3 lety +2

      Whoah

    • @Babalooza
      @Babalooza Před 3 lety +123

      normally id tell you to fuck off with that pedantic shit but that's actually a very big difference.

    • @valkriea
      @valkriea Před 3 lety +6

      No it’s a reactor I worked on curiosity and was part of the team that built the reactor.

    • @cacasplat3
      @cacasplat3 Před 3 lety +41

      @@valkriea no you didn't, stop lying to get likes on the internet.. The rover is powered by an RTG (radioisotope thermoelectric generator).

    • @valkriea
      @valkriea Před 3 lety

      @@cacasplat3 what’s your proof

  • @namenamename390
    @namenamename390 Před 5 lety +6391

    Royal Air Force? That's an interesting way to spell squarespace...

    • @TheWeeky
      @TheWeeky Před 5 lety +311

      *T H I S V I D E O I S S P O N S O R E D B Y S Q A R E S P A C E*

    • @3DegreesNorth638
      @3DegreesNorth638 Před 5 lety +12

      Lol

    • @zlozlozlo
      @zlozlozlo Před 5 lety +276

      That's not how you spell brilliant.org

    • @Cythil
      @Cythil Před 5 lety +27

      proof that marking works ;)

    • @namenamename390
      @namenamename390 Před 5 lety +138

      @Nostalgia For Infinity joke's on you, we still don't buy the products...

  • @GrayFlare
    @GrayFlare Před 5 lety +1596

    I can't believe you just assigned homework to all your viewers xD

    • @GrayFlare
      @GrayFlare Před 5 lety +24

      I'm in the U.S. so I can't participate but I hope you get some awesome submissions RE!

    • @HOHO-iw1vn
      @HOHO-iw1vn Před 5 lety +26

      @@GrayFlare I was gonna turn it in, but my dog ate it.

    • @YM-zf8mt
      @YM-zf8mt Před 3 lety

      totally agree
      "Basically invent what could be the future of the wheel, a revolutionizing concept that could change space exploration and maybe even our current tech on earth"
      "what's the pay ?"
      "you get work experience while we make a profit out of your idea"
      capitalism really is a great thing isn't it ?
      why don't we... i don't know, pay a team of engineer to do this ? instead of giving dividends to wankers who do nothing but wank off of their inheritance ?

    • @abhishek3667
      @abhishek3667 Před 3 lety +2

      I had finished it but I left it in home.

  • @user-zw3iu5hx1d
    @user-zw3iu5hx1d Před 5 lety +439

    "This material remembers it's original shape. Here's how it works: ... When it cools down, it remembers it's original shape and returns to it"

    • @menthasis4798
      @menthasis4798 Před 5 lety +9

      lol

    • @CieJe.Alexander
      @CieJe.Alexander Před 4 lety +23

      Humans:
      Holidays = under stress (severe anxiety) the body returns to its original shape (fetus position)
      Then stress and strain ends (holidays end) the body stretches and goes where it wants to in shapes of its own choosing.

    • @sumyunguy6894
      @sumyunguy6894 Před 4 lety +4

      Robert Hahn lol yup

    • @intellectracoon
      @intellectracoon Před 4 lety +8

      @@CieJe.Alexander i expand in holidays then get back to my original shape afterwards.

    • @CieJe.Alexander
      @CieJe.Alexander Před 4 lety +2

      @@intellectracoonlol yeah that too.

  • @MaxBrix
    @MaxBrix Před 5 lety +742

    How NASA reinvents the wheel - Goodyear invents a new tire.

    • @pencilgaming1233
      @pencilgaming1233 Před 4 lety +8

      2032: "How NASA reinvented the car"

    • @BURDYMAN777
      @BURDYMAN777 Před 4 lety +4

      How Goodyear* reengineered* the wheel. And for the people saying they only "reinvented" the tire, a wheel is a tire AND a rim.

    • @manishpanchpal1376
      @manishpanchpal1376 Před 4 lety

      So does Michelin,Appolo,Continental and the rest the race is heating up

    • @MrT------5743
      @MrT------5743 Před 3 lety

      @@BURDYMAN777 Yep you are correct. The word tire comes from attire as in a wheel's dressing.

    • @royaldecreeforthechurchofm8409
      @royaldecreeforthechurchofm8409 Před 3 lety

      How nasa reinvented the pencil

  • @randomperson1614
    @randomperson1614 Před 5 lety +1351

    So you just got sponsored by the RAF and BAC!!
    That's that's insane

    • @wolf2109
      @wolf2109 Před 5 lety +9

      Random Person the royal air force..lmaooo..what a joke..just bcuz u have ROYAL in front of the name doesnt mean youre special.
      USA by far has the best pilots

    • @josewarren1441
      @josewarren1441 Před 5 lety +161

      @@wolf2109 The fuck? When did this become RAF vs USAF?

    • @carlose6010
      @carlose6010 Před 5 lety +122

      @@josewarren1441 He's from the USA. Thier brainwashed to believe thier better in every way.. to the rest of the world 😂.

    • @wolf2109
      @wolf2109 Před 5 lety +1

      Tempest it didnt. Im just making sure he doesnt spread fake news, my nigga

    • @temiajuwon8893
      @temiajuwon8893 Před 5 lety +4

      @@carlose6010
      They're *

  • @Chris.Davies
    @Chris.Davies Před 5 lety +1382

    It does NOT use a nuclear reactor to power itself. It uses an RTG - a Radio Thermal Generator, which converts the heat from a decaying 5-kilo slug of plutonium into electricity using peltier devices. It is not very fancy, has no moving parts, and is very reliable, but low power, at less than 110 watts total output.

    • @RealEngineering
      @RealEngineering  Před 5 lety +447

      That’s actually way cooler. Thanks for correcting me. Want to read more about that now

    • @johnspraggs1115
      @johnspraggs1115 Před 5 lety +198

      Radioisotope Thermal Generator, actually. No radios involved in an RTG.

    • @lazeroussdomain5862
      @lazeroussdomain5862 Před 5 lety +28

      Wanted to say exactly this. An RTG is quite different than an actual reactor.

    • @TwilightMysts
      @TwilightMysts Před 5 lety +25

      I thought it was a little suspicious when he said "nuclear reactor". Thank you for the clarification.

    • @Sam-th4jl
      @Sam-th4jl Před 5 lety +34

      actually RTG stands for radioisotope thermoelectric generator

  • @thedesk954
    @thedesk954 Před 4 lety +339

    Me: How good is it?
    NASA: It is wheely good.

    • @pencilgaming1233
      @pencilgaming1233 Před 4 lety +9

      I hate that I laughed at this

    • @Crookqt
      @Crookqt Před 3 lety +2

      hahahahah :D

    • @davethegreat7339
      @davethegreat7339 Před 3 lety +3

      it's such a bad joke that's it has become funny. the internet has damaged the part of my brain eich decided on humor.

    • @oxcart4172
      @oxcart4172 Před 3 lety +1

      ...said a spokesperson!

  • @SirSmithThe1st
    @SirSmithThe1st Před 4 lety +37

    My Aero class presented our senior design project at JPL last march and we got to speak with one of the mobility engineers for the Mars 2020 Rover. They told us that there were two main flaws with the old wheels: the grousers (treads), and the placement of where the hub attached to the wheel.
    For the grousers, their design was to give better traction by increasing the length of the grouser, which is why it’s zig-zagged. Consequently, having those ‘zig-zags’ meant that all the stress from the rover’s mass was concentrated at the vertices of the grousers, and if the force was high enough the stress concentration would puncture the wheel frame.
    For the placement of the wheel on the hub, it was mounted offset from the center (laterally, not axially), so that the wheels extended out a bit further from the rover chassis and suspension system. This was an issue, because it basically meant the exterior rim (the part of the wheel that’s furthest from the rover) wasn’t being properly supported, and the forces on it were like the forces on a cantilever beam. This causes it to bend slightly, and over time this constant bending fatigued the wheels, adding more to the damage caused by the grousers.
    For the 2020 rover, they plan on using similar wheels to Curiosity but with the hub mounted in the center of the wheel, and using a sinusoidal grouser pattern rather than a zig-zag.

  • @killernat1234
    @killernat1234 Před 5 lety +486

    The episode of wheel engineering...

  • @johnnybadboy3475
    @johnnybadboy3475 Před 5 lety +460

    I met Dr. John Grant at the National Air and Space museum, and witnessed a teleconference where they decided where to move the Curiosity. It was an amazing experience, and this just adds to it.

    • @HK-sw3vi
      @HK-sw3vi Před 5 lety +1

      did you also see the screen that showed what the rover was looking at?

    • @gibson1005
      @gibson1005 Před 5 lety +4

      witnessed the same kind of teleconference from the CNES in France, the french team is in charge of several instrumentals on the rover, and they were discussing wether or not they would use it this night with the engineering team around the world.
      It was amazing to witness such an international feat taking place right in front of me

    • @aryankhan1599
      @aryankhan1599 Před 5 lety

      Yea they do that

    • @johnsheppard2456
      @johnsheppard2456 Před 5 lety +1

      Dude I read that name and my dumb ass thought you were talking about that Jurassic Park guy... The dude who waved at a dinosaur with a flare and almost got crushed by a car falling from a tree... yeah that raptorology dude, Dr Alan Pepper. Lol Jk I know it's Dr. Grant. But bruh if his middle name was pepper can you imagine how hilarious it would be to call him by his full name? Nobody would ever take it seriously. But they'll have a good laugh for sure.

  • @DrakeShattuck
    @DrakeShattuck Před 5 lety +2300

    How NASA Reinvented the TIRE.

  • @wiwbiz2
    @wiwbiz2 Před 5 lety +268

    Man, if you ask this guy to promote a jar of jam, he'll make it so serious that you'll think you're not eating jam ,but something like accomplishment of humans' imagination on reinventing the taste structure of fruits. Damn it feels so serious..

    • @DecemberGalaxy0
      @DecemberGalaxy0 Před 4 lety +11

      No! he is so articulate; presenting us with valuable information in serious manner adds to how much effort and corporation is needed in such missions.

    • @abdurrazzak305
      @abdurrazzak305 Před 4 lety +4

      To be honest you seem articulate yourself

  • @xanderlowe8704
    @xanderlowe8704 Před 5 lety +87

    It's crazy how just simple everyday things on Earth are so different in space and it really just makes everything harder

    • @rinalds1620
      @rinalds1620 Před 5 lety +2

      Its not crazy...

    • @piranha031091
      @piranha031091 Před 4 lety +1

      @@SandraWantsCoke Yes, some astronauts who have experienced zero-g did report harder erections. This is thought to be due to fluid shifts throughout the body.

    • @damiengrey2297
      @damiengrey2297 Před 4 lety

      I've heard dying is pretty easy to achieve in space though.

  • @aaron41
    @aaron41 Před 5 lety +63

    Awesome video! As a material scientist who works with this stuff every day, I'm pretty sure I couldn't have explained it any better.

    • @utiogul
      @utiogul Před 5 lety +1

      Oh, great! Do you work with shape memory alloys?

    • @shitboxoffroad
      @shitboxoffroad Před 5 lety

      Currently in school for materials science any advice?:)

    • @aaron41
      @aaron41 Před 5 lety +3

      @InnerG don't be like me... Do your homework :P

    • @aaron41
      @aaron41 Před 5 lety +4

      @utiogul Not personally. I do 3D printing of metals, but the SMA group is in my building, and I help them out sometimes.

    • @shitboxoffroad
      @shitboxoffroad Před 5 lety +3

      @@aaron41 damnit I'm already like you lol

  • @DomyTheMad420
    @DomyTheMad420 Před 4 lety +9

    Honestly, out of all innovations; new Materials being developed have always amazed me the most.
    It's like... Unlocked a whole new type of block for your Lego set.
    So awesome!

  • @theaslam9758
    @theaslam9758 Před rokem +13

    Dude, veritasium stole your title

    • @Dumify
      @Dumify Před rokem

      They also got like 5,1M views in 4 days and this got 5 M in 4 years

  • @Dia1Up
    @Dia1Up Před 5 lety +46

    I've had Nitinol glasses for years (they were FAR too expensive), I've closed them in binders, I hit them with a chair, and sat I them a million times they still look like new. These wheels are amazing. I'm actually surprised it wasn't thought if sooner. But then again I never put 2 and 2 together either. Awesome

    • @-smp-scientificmethodpersp838
      @-smp-scientificmethodpersp838 Před 5 lety

      SeenCreaTive I agree. I was surprised that this is considered new news. I'd expect the greatest scientific researchers on Earth to have thought of this before. Maybe they have, but it was too expensive to develop? That can't be it. Yeah, I don't get it.

  • @dakotaraptor5918
    @dakotaraptor5918 Před 5 lety +22

    Technology is amazing, my dad always says “we are living in the future” and to that I can agree after seeing a metal that can re-mould it’s self so easily

  • @Hartfeltet
    @Hartfeltet Před 5 lety +56

    08:09 hersh mersh environment

    • @Real_MisterSir
      @Real_MisterSir Před 3 lety +5

      I couldn't stop giggling at that xD

    • @jhennaagotilla8266
      @jhennaagotilla8266 Před 3 lety +2

      Hahaha but... 32 likes for 2 years? 🤔🤔

    • @kalasag9113
      @kalasag9113 Před 3 lety +2

      I don't understand how he can pronounce "M-ANY" but can't straighten his tongue out to pronounce "M-arsE." LOL!

  • @mikem.8699
    @mikem.8699 Před 3 lety +21

    SpaceX: Joins the chat
    SpaceX: Wheels?! Where we’re going, We don’t need wheels.

  • @williamapodaca8614
    @williamapodaca8614 Před 5 lety +33

    It's so futuristic and medieval, it's memory metal chainmail

  • @zeevyehuda2501
    @zeevyehuda2501 Před 5 lety +10

    As someone who just finished a metallurgy-focused materials science course for his major, I loved your explanation of Nitinol and it's the coolest thing

  • @watwat2540
    @watwat2540 Před 5 lety

    You deserve these partnerships, Great Job

  • @ex5080
    @ex5080 Před rokem +4

    Damn Vertasium really just ripped mostly everything from this video, just spent more money to interview people in person

  • @Malamockq
    @Malamockq Před 5 lety +188

    2:36 No it doesn't have a nuclear reactor... it has a Radioisotope thermoelectric generator or RTG for power. RTGs use an atomic battery which converts decay heat into electricity but the heat produced is from radioactive decay, NOT a fission chain reaction as in a nuclear reactor.

    • @BeCurieUs
      @BeCurieUs Před 5 lety +15

      Interestingly enough, the distinction there isn't huge. MOST of the energy from a fission reaction is from the kinetic energy of the 2 fission products. This is actually similar to the alpha emissions from decay of Pu238. Fission, technically, is a form of radioactive decay. Some materials even have significant spontaneous fission rates. While us in the biz still prefer calling them generators or batteries rather than reactors, their are subtleties enough to nod your head and excuse it for lay people.

    • @Malamockq
      @Malamockq Před 5 lety +7

      "Interestingly enough, the distinction there isn't huge."
      HELL NO. The distinction is huge. In the energy released total and power, which in fission is immense while radioactive decay is comparatively low, and also in the vastly different energy producing processes that I explained already.
      "MOST of the energy from a fission reaction is from the kinetic energy of the 2 fission products."
      Wrong. The vast majority of energy from fission is released in the form of energetic x-rays.
      "Fission, technically, is a form of radioactive decay."
      No it's not. Fission is a chain reaction. You do not know what you are talking about.

    • @Liindir
      @Liindir Před 5 lety +5

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fission
      I love how literally no one can read one single freaking line before acting like a humongous anti-vaxxer.

    • @BeCurieUs
      @BeCurieUs Před 5 lety +5

      So, for fission about 160 MeV are from the kinetic energy of the particles, while only about 14 MeV are from gamma emissions (xrays need not apply). in all, when you include beta decays and losses from neutrinos, about 80% of total fission energy is from the kinetic energy of the particles. This is how reactors work at all as if most of the energy were from photon emissions it would be easy to make reactors that directly convert this energy to electricity rather than using the heat to generate steam to generate electricity.
      In every single one of my nuclear engineering textbooks, fission is referred to as a type of decay. This is because fission happens spontaneously already, we are just inducing it via a neutron absorption.
      There is no chain reaction, so that much is true, and the volume of power per reaction is also smaller, but the method of extracting the energy is very similar (thermally). Of course they are using thermocouples rather than other thermodynamic cycles, but they are more brethren than they are anything else. The process might be different but the end result is rather similar. Fission is volumes more intense and involves a chain reaction, but is still about harnessing heat from nuclear decay processes, namely fission vs alpha decay.

    • @BeCurieUs
      @BeCurieUs Před 5 lety

      I just ran a twitter poll and it seems like this is a common misconception, that nuclear reactions are mainly emitting photons! Fascinating!

  • @iforce2d
    @iforce2d Před 5 lety +965

    8:08 hersh mershan environment?? :)

    • @HritwRaje
      @HritwRaje Před 5 lety +39

      I thought I was the only one to notice that.

    • @markgearing
      @markgearing Před 5 lety +28

      iforce2d - c'mon mate, you're a kiwi. Your entire country only uses one vowel - 'uh'.

    • @NickRoman
      @NickRoman Před 5 lety +48

      Get in the caaaaer! The maershan caer.

    • @neilgb14
      @neilgb14 Před 5 lety +21

      Never heard an Irish accent before?

    • @Anvilshock
      @Anvilshock Před 5 lety +37

      Oirish?

  • @physicals
    @physicals Před 5 lety +2

    This is amazing and inspiring

  • @AndrewOnTestingCars
    @AndrewOnTestingCars Před 5 lety +2

    Absolutely Amazing! well done Fair play!

  • @lifesimulator3964
    @lifesimulator3964 Před 5 lety +65

    A COMPETITION!?
    Just go to KSP!

  • @adolfhitmaker8639
    @adolfhitmaker8639 Před 5 lety +42

    I hope they make cars from memory metal one day.
    Oh some A-hole ran a red light and dented your door? Toss some hot water on that baby and BLAMO - car fixed

    • @hah-vj7hc
      @hah-vj7hc Před 3 lety

      How would they make profit then? Gasoline isn't a good fuel, either. Humanity sucks for being wasteful -.-

  • @samuelyap9367
    @samuelyap9367 Před 4 lety +10

    although you don’t have many subscribers, you are a jewel to us who look forward to learning something new with every video. Thank you, and please never stop

    • @barthurs99
      @barthurs99 Před 4 lety

      Nat many subscribers? No offense, but he has 2.5 million subscribers.

    • @hah-vj7hc
      @hah-vj7hc Před 3 lety

      @@barthurs99 Did he get all of those within less than a year? I should make my own science channel maybe...

  • @MurkyShallows
    @MurkyShallows Před 3 lety +14

    and the perseverance rover was like, nah, im good

  • @fireaza
    @fireaza Před 5 lety +17

    I had no idea how big the Mars rover was until I saw it in VR. I always figured it was about the size of a large RC car, but it's HUGE!

    • @TiagoTiagoT
      @TiagoTiagoT Před 5 lety +1

      It's the biggest one so far, as far as I know; the older ones were closer to the size you were expecting.

    • @Alucard-gt1zf
      @Alucard-gt1zf Před 5 lety

      TiagoTiago nope curiosity is only marginally larger than the others it’s just much heavier

    • @TiagoTiagoT
      @TiagoTiagoT Před 5 lety

      Alucard i.redd.it/axr1p30xcgb01.jpg

    • @TiagoTiagoT
      @TiagoTiagoT Před 5 lety

      Alucard Also this: www.jpl.nasa.gov/infographics/uploads/infographics/full/10889.png

  • @masterchief416
    @masterchief416 Před 5 lety +7

    This is why I love material science. Thank you so much for this amazing video real engineering.

  • @justaskforbobdesign
    @justaskforbobdesign Před 5 lety +1

    FREAKING WOOWWWWW!!!! THIS IS AWESOME!!! THANKS!!!

  • @ltr4300
    @ltr4300 Před 5 lety +7

    Point of order: It does not have a nuclear reactor. It has an RTG. One works by splitting atoms to heat water, which makes high pressure steam which is then run through a turbine to create electricity... The other just soaks up natural decay heat and turns it directly into electricity.

  • @MyKeeper88
    @MyKeeper88 Před 5 lety +7

    This is awesome because I am currently on the last book of Kim Stanley Robinson's Red mars series. Great video. Keep it up.

  • @MDZPNMD
    @MDZPNMD Před 5 lety +5

    Great video, the quality of the videos is getting better and better, thanks for putting in the references.

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll Před 5 lety +1

      Completely agree! Happy to see the improvements!

  • @no_t1es
    @no_t1es Před 4 lety

    this is exactly why I'm subscribed to your channel

  • @jeraldineqlouiserobbert7581

    Always One Man Standing ... @MARS & Thank You So Much From A Human On Earth & x ,.

  • @jackinat0r114
    @jackinat0r114 Před 5 lety +3

    Amazing video as always... you’re easily in my top 3 favourite CZcamsrs. Btw, congrats for that sponsor

  • @caffeecup5319
    @caffeecup5319 Před 5 lety +199

    Early BC
    -Wheels
    2019
    -Spring Tires
    2050
    -Floating wheels

    • @CannedSoup602
      @CannedSoup602 Před 5 lety +3

      3000
      - Floating seats

    • @bkl3893
      @bkl3893 Před 4 lety +2

      Shall i say it and r/whoosh myself?

    • @JKirbyD
      @JKirbyD Před 4 lety +2

      Floating wheels 2050
      Either
      Floating like flying or Floating coz all ice melted.

    • @bkl3893
      @bkl3893 Před 4 lety

      @@JKirbyD nobody asked u

    • @wolfenwingsable
      @wolfenwingsable Před 4 lety

      Still waiting on hover cars

  • @kermitthemutantlevitatingf7836

    disappointing that this wasn't on Perseverance

  • @lucyluzeng5344
    @lucyluzeng5344 Před 4 lety +12

    7:45 " When the stress passes a threshold it actually causes the lattice to transform to austenite. And when the stress is released it returns to martensite." Doesn't stress transform the austenitic phase to martensite, and when stress is released it returns back to austenite instead of the other way around as explained in this video? Austenite phase is the parent phase and martensite phase is the daughter phase (this forms the twinned martensite lattice).

    • @hah-vj7hc
      @hah-vj7hc Před 3 lety

      You're smart. I like that :)

    • @reemnasser9105
      @reemnasser9105 Před 3 lety +2

      I was about to leave such a comment. I wonder aren't these videos reviewed before being posted!!

    • @kejunhu5803
      @kejunhu5803 Před 3 lety +2

      exactly, is Austenite -> Martensite due to applied load and reverse transformation due to unloading.

  • @1schwererziehbar1
    @1schwererziehbar1 Před 5 lety +1647

    Why not build wheels made of Nokia phones?

  • @aashasable9728
    @aashasable9728 Před 5 lety +3

    Good job man!

  • @luxurious0346
    @luxurious0346 Před 5 lety +5

    Ahh, opportunity's grand children. May you continue the faithful mission

  • @robertoorrostieta255
    @robertoorrostieta255 Před 2 lety

    Great video! Just for clarification, for pseudoelasticity (super elasticity), Martensite is stress induced and it returns to Austenite once the load is released.

  • @alneez2010
    @alneez2010 Před 5 lety +52

    It's funny how you say Mars (Murrs). But really informative video.

    • @MaxJNorman
      @MaxJNorman Před 5 lety +5

      Hearning someone from Northern Ireland say 'mirror' is a special treat. "Have a look in the mrrrrrr."

    • @BardhAzizi
      @BardhAzizi Před 5 lety +1

      i can't unhear this now :D, thanks :P

    • @pax4370
      @pax4370 Před 5 lety

      @• A S T R O N A U T • 😂😂

    • @3poli
      @3poli Před 5 lety +1

      i fing it amusing when he says "car" Curr

  • @rullestaden
    @rullestaden Před 5 lety +171

    But will it blend?

    • @gabrielko2147
      @gabrielko2147 Před 5 lety +4

      This is an og

    • @CannedSoup602
      @CannedSoup602 Před 5 lety +9

      *loud metallic scraping*
      “Doesn’t seem like it will, shall we use turbo?”
      *Jet turbine starts up*

  • @MadMadMonkeyMen
    @MadMadMonkeyMen Před 4 lety

    This... is... AMAZING!

  • @madnessbydesign1415
    @madnessbydesign1415 Před 4 lety +5

    What prevents the accumulation of dirt and rocks inside the tire? It seems like it wouldn't take long before it would be full of debris that would increase the weight, and start to wear at the metal fibers (getting wedged into the gaps, and preventing the fibers from elastically reshaping). I assumed the Curiosity's tires were open-sided to allow this kind of debris to simply 'roll out'...

  • @Tonitasso
    @Tonitasso Před 5 lety +13

    8:08 That hersh mershian damn

  • @deviant3511
    @deviant3511 Před 5 lety +22

    The wheels on the Rover go round and round...

  • @naota3k
    @naota3k Před 4 lety +1

    Awesome video, man.

  • @briangicharu2899
    @briangicharu2899 Před 5 lety +4

    I wanna learn planetary photoshopping to secure a job with NASA

  • @nathangamble125
    @nathangamble125 Před 5 lety +7

    Shape memory alloys are so crazy. I remember in science class when our teacher wound a shape-memory alloy wire into a bundle, then dropped it into hot water, and it immediately popped back into a straight line and jumped out of the water.

    • @pax4370
      @pax4370 Před 5 lety

      What course are u persuing? Material science?

    • @gibdopaminepls
      @gibdopaminepls Před 5 lety +1

      my brain is a shame memory alloy

    • @nathangamble125
      @nathangamble125 Před 5 lety

      It was in a secondary school chemistry class. I can't remember exactly what the topic was though.
      We had some really cool teachers who would sometimes do science demos which weren't always relevant to what we were learning. It was fun.

    • @pax4370
      @pax4370 Před 5 lety

      Wow...

  • @panzerdragon1121
    @panzerdragon1121 Před 5 lety +735

    Just use flextape and nokias, there, indestructible.

    • @WellBeSerious12
      @WellBeSerious12 Před 5 lety +11

      Nokia/Duct Tape (NokiaDuct) Tires.

    • @ClaraSticks.like.figure
      @ClaraSticks.like.figure Před 5 lety +6

      Please think like an adult and not with a 5 y/o kid's brain

    • @ericcl5313
      @ericcl5313 Před 5 lety +60

      *Found the genius ^*

    • @markcangila1613
      @markcangila1613 Před 5 lety +75

      @@ClaraSticks.like.figure Please think like a human, not a robot

    • @IvanSN
      @IvanSN Před 5 lety +40

      @@ClaraSticks.like.figure
      Please kindly fuck off. :)

  • @imamsev
    @imamsev Před 4 lety +1

    Love it 😍

  • @kalpanab2689
    @kalpanab2689 Před 3 lety

    Excellent innovation

  • @-Jed
    @-Jed Před 5 lety +40

    8:09 Where does this Hersh-Mershen -environment occur?

  • @alienworm1999
    @alienworm1999 Před 5 lety +43

    finally, a sponsorship I actually care about that doesn't need an annoying hamfisted segway

    • @satibel
      @satibel Před 5 lety +7

      for info, it's written segue, and not segway.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segue

    • @supaF
      @supaF Před 5 lety +7

      @@satibel the hero we don't deserve

    • @DaOzMan0608
      @DaOzMan0608 Před 5 lety

      Don't knock it when it's free, just lookat what MotorTrend did. They'll warm you up, fuck you, then try to tease you into paying for "premium" content.

    • @Alucard-gt1zf
      @Alucard-gt1zf Před 5 lety

      DaOzMan the fuck kind of premium content would the raf be able to give?

  • @dumpeeplarfunny
    @dumpeeplarfunny Před 4 lety +41

    They didn't reinvent the wheel, they reinvented the tire.
    Also, for the record, the wheel is not as simple as people think. It's nothing without an axle, and doesn't work nearly as well without bearings.

  • @torantrichler2098
    @torantrichler2098 Před 5 lety +28

    “How nasa reinvented the wheel” ... “the wheel will never be reinvented”

    • @bigredc222
      @bigredc222 Před 5 lety +1

      There are wheels that aren't round, doesn't that count as re invented?

    • @torantrichler2098
      @torantrichler2098 Před 5 lety

      C Smith completely out of context but ok

  • @woxof46
    @woxof46 Před 5 lety +7

    This video is NOT sponsored by Brilliant OR Skillshare? Ya messin' with my marbles here man!

  • @joseph7972
    @joseph7972 Před 5 lety +4

    top of the morning to ya boyo

  • @jakish1985
    @jakish1985 Před rokem +5

    Veratasium basically redid this video... for some reason

  • @derricksmith8978
    @derricksmith8978 Před 4 lety

    What a awesome job

  • @ryanm.191
    @ryanm.191 Před 5 lety +18

    Congrats on such an amazing sponsorship

  • @4492huzaifa
    @4492huzaifa Před 3 lety +3

    I just can't stop noticing the way he says "Mers" :-D

  • @mww.7980
    @mww.7980 Před 4 lety +1

    It’s 4:13 am and instead of getting sleep I’m watching real engineering. Life is great!

  • @Foomba
    @Foomba Před 4 lety +1

    In the 1980's, I met the guy who helped design the lunar rover wheels. He came by my father in-laws auto mechanic shop with a relative who I knew. He was very curious and took notes the whole time he was at the shop. Not sure what the notes contained. I had no idea of the lunar wheels construction until watching your video.

  • @sebsmith5100
    @sebsmith5100 Před 5 lety +220

    You literally got sponsored by the British air force?

    • @z3lop59
      @z3lop59 Před 5 lety +65

      Royal Air Force.

    • @slcarsuk
      @slcarsuk Před 5 lety +3

      Get the name right dumbass

    • @paraweld9838
      @paraweld9838 Před 5 lety +35

      Villainous foreigner well I mean it’s right both ways I’m pretty sure, the Royal Air Force is Britain’s Air Force hence the British Air Force?

    • @chad_bro_chill
      @chad_bro_chill Před 5 lety +55

      Semantic as fuck, m8. Britain has an air force. That makes it a British air force, called the Royal Air Force.
      You're not going to see Americans sperg that hard if you called ours the American Air Force, because it's pretty obvious you mean the US Air Force.

    • @slcarsuk
      @slcarsuk Před 5 lety +2

      Chad BroChill no dumb fuck the name is the Royal Air Force. Is not semantic. There is no such thing as the British Air Force. It’s the Royal Air Force. It was the RAF that fought the Battle of Britain. You don’t call the sas the bas. You don’t call navy seals the navy penguins. Respect the history respect the name

  • @wildwisdom1361
    @wildwisdom1361 Před 5 lety +5

    Can u make a video on how radio communication works how pcb of communication works how we controle a satallite all type of communication plz this topic deserve some video

  • @anthonymarquez6493
    @anthonymarquez6493 Před 5 lety +4

    I need more real engineering

  • @Mr.Thermistor7228
    @Mr.Thermistor7228 Před 4 lety

    a company i was a machinist for made the hub assemblies for the rover. company is called Next Intent based out of san luis obispo, ca. it was awesome being to hold them and put the finishing touches on the surfaces of the assemblies. a part i touched is on mars =]

  • @miraflynn8935
    @miraflynn8935 Před 5 lety +3

    Rip Oppy and its incredible journey

  • @mohamed11322
    @mohamed11322 Před 5 lety +272

    He says "mars" like a frikken pirate bruh

  • @stvtv9475
    @stvtv9475 Před 4 lety

    Finally a science video which uses proper metric system

  • @waterlemon5272
    @waterlemon5272 Před 2 lety +1

    "You don't have to reinvent the wheel."
    Nasa: "Actually yes."

    • @loturzelrestaurant
      @loturzelrestaurant Před 2 lety

      I ask randomly around: Want some Science-channel to check out?
      Aka: Want some Recommendations from me?

  • @Nyerguds
    @Nyerguds Před 5 lety +409

    Okay, but how will it deal with small rocks getting stuck in the springs?

    • @CT--sy8sy
      @CT--sy8sy Před 5 lety +61

      Perhaps in the rim you could have an air hose. As the tire rotates, air is released to blow the stuck particles.

    • @maffytaffy1914
      @maffytaffy1914 Před 5 lety +22

      Dumb question such a simole problem. Tons of engineers works for nasa and you thing they didn't thought of that?

    • @CT--sy8sy
      @CT--sy8sy Před 5 lety +473

      maffy taffy - he was just asking a question. One can always gain more knowledge. You didn’t even attempt to answer. You just said it’s been answered. If they have thought of it, why don’t you share their solution?

    • @maffytaffy1914
      @maffytaffy1914 Před 5 lety +2

      @@CT--sy8sy you just did.

    • @HypercaffinatedBees
      @HypercaffinatedBees Před 5 lety +241

      maffy taffy - that does not validate you being rude and degrading.

  • @OlejzMaku
    @OlejzMaku Před 5 lety +210

    Radioisotope thermoelectric generator isn't a nuclear reactor.

    • @visibleconfusion9894
      @visibleconfusion9894 Před 5 lety +89

      it still uses nuclear material to produce power

    • @-ragingpotato-937
      @-ragingpotato-937 Před 5 lety +68

      Close enough for anyone to get the idea of whats going on.

    • @vill007b3
      @vill007b3 Před 5 lety +56

      "I am so smart"

    • @11235811193049
      @11235811193049 Před 5 lety +68

      It generates power via nuclear decay, so for your average person watching this video it is an easier and still fairly accurate description.

    • @OlejzMaku
      @OlejzMaku Před 5 lety +27

      I don't usually argue semantics, but my point is that reactor is device that contains and controls some sort of a reaction. RTG uses heat from spontaneous nuclear decay to generate electricity. You don't need to engineer anything to make plutonium decay. It is spontaneous.

  • @liq2029
    @liq2029 Před 4 lety +3

    Writers: "So, has anyone listened to the narrator's rendition of our piece?"
    Narrator: "Meerrrrrrhs"

  • @armandodane4588
    @armandodane4588 Před 4 lety +80

    This Video should be titled: How Goodyear Reinvented The Wheel - Shape Memory Alloys
    Give credit where credit is due...

    • @Rayray-kr8xm
      @Rayray-kr8xm Před 4 lety +2

      armando dane How NASA let Goodyear make a better version of a tire*

    • @agoradacerto
      @agoradacerto Před 4 lety +3

      There is no research without anyone paying for it.

    • @ironicdivinemandatestan4262
      @ironicdivinemandatestan4262 Před 4 lety +2

      @@agoradacerto The guy that made insulin wanted for it to be free. Jonas Salk made his life-saving polio vaccine for free. People can be motivated by things other than profit.

    • @uwukiepookiebear
      @uwukiepookiebear Před 4 lety +3

      @@ironicdivinemandatestan4262 yes but money is needed to carry out research

    • @jeltje50
      @jeltje50 Před 3 lety

      @@agoradacerto by that logic: "tax payers let Goodyear reinvent the wheel".

  • @duckpotat9818
    @duckpotat9818 Před 5 lety +68

    Curiosity rover doesn't have a nuclear reactor, it's has a RTG.

    • @rahulsrinivas497
      @rahulsrinivas497 Před 5 lety +4

      Vikrant Rai what’s the difference ?

    • @willinwoods
      @willinwoods Před 5 lety +6

      Good point Vikrant, but I'd guess it won't matter all that much to the person in the street. Nuclear-shmuclear. ;)

    • @dubsy1026
      @dubsy1026 Před 5 lety +33

      @@rahulsrinivas497 nuclear reactors use nuclear reactions to produce heat, which then boils water to drive a turbine. RTGs use decay heat to create a thermoelectric effect.

    • @bloogaming8827
      @bloogaming8827 Před 5 lety +16

      A nuclear reactor uses enough of the radioactive active material (critical mass) to start a chain reaction called fission. This is basically a nuke going off really slowly. Using the heat produced it boils water drives turbines with the steam. The RTG in Curiosity does not have enough of the radioactive material to start the chain reaction. Instead, it captures the passive radiation coming off a piece of plutonium and converts that to electricity.

    • @Zarcondeegrissom
      @Zarcondeegrissom Před 5 lety +2

      via thermal-electric-couples, yeah. I can understand the confusion as in the simplest of terms they both use radioactive stuff for heat.

  • @ao1645
    @ao1645 Před 5 lety +12

    “Haarsh maarshan environment!” :-)

  • @clicky5494
    @clicky5494 Před rokem +4

    Veritasium turned into kakashi the copy ninja real quick 💀

    • @ritishify
      @ritishify Před rokem

      This is awesome, I guess it's official then. I got Veritasium's video recommended and searched for "nasa wheels", then found this video lmao. Didn't even watch theirs (also just downvoted it).

  • @shwartz166
    @shwartz166 Před 4 lety

    Thank you

  • @frisbeephil
    @frisbeephil Před 5 lety +4

    I'm surprised there was no sand/granular materials in the testing videos. It would be interesting to see how much this experimental wheel retains.

  • @user.who137
    @user.who137 Před 3 lety +8

    Nazi germany: How are you shooting down our planes.
    RAF(hiding radar): carrots improve you're vision at night.

  • @kejunhu5803
    @kejunhu5803 Před 3 lety

    to achieve a superelstic/pseudoelastic behavior of nitinol, one requires a temperature higher than A_f. in space this temperature should be very small which rely to a lot of work on component concentration of this alloy. Good job.

  • @nowaitasecond2095
    @nowaitasecond2095 Před 4 lety

    Super Nice NASAMATION

  • @Jack-tu5zf
    @Jack-tu5zf Před 5 lety +521

    Its not reinventing the wheel... Just the tire

    • @Galactipod
      @Galactipod Před 5 lety +20

      No one asked.

    • @thestonedraider8684
      @thestonedraider8684 Před 5 lety +84

      Galactipod nobody asked you be a ass, but there you are.

    • @challengeaccepted8835
      @challengeaccepted8835 Před 5 lety +5

      The Stoned Raider ouch

    • @jackrush1222
      @jackrush1222 Před 5 lety +5

      I mean they used a different rim than the regular ones did they? I''m pretty sure they didn't discuss the rim part because it's not really the one that's the issue but pretty sure they
      gotta change the rim in order to get that tire to work.

    • @lithobreak3812
      @lithobreak3812 Před 5 lety +5

      In car culture wheel can mean the tire plus the rim

  • @kodaco29
    @kodaco29 Před 5 lety +128

    maers

    • @Muffincaek
      @Muffincaek Před 5 lety +5

      Just had to look for someone else thinking about it!

    • @RenoYeh
      @RenoYeh Před 5 lety +3

      Murphhhhhh

    • @the486kgman2
      @the486kgman2 Před 5 lety +3

      JL MÆRS

    • @kiyoshim9593
      @kiyoshim9593 Před 5 lety +1

      How cheap titanium wheels. LoL. Why dont we reinvent our cars with titanium nickel alloys

    • @clefmonnaadipuo6016
      @clefmonnaadipuo6016 Před 5 lety

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @basedoppenheimer1497
    @basedoppenheimer1497 Před rokem

    I thought Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes' Shape Memory Alloy card was some sci-fi cool concept. Guess I underestimated them. This is epic stuff. So cool this was made.

  • @sumitkrips2018
    @sumitkrips2018 Před 3 lety

    The way you say MARS is really something