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Re:Forgotten Soviet Moon Rover Beams Light Back to Earth by paxswill on Friday May 27, 2011 @08:40AM (#2591223)
The US rovers have used a rocker-bogie[1] system for their suspension. While the wheels look similar, the suspension on the Lunokhod almost looks like leaf springs.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocker-bogie

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Re:Forgotten Soviet Moon Rover Beams Light Back to Earth by masklinn on Friday May 27, 2011 @09:23AM (#2591342)
nah. Here's a detail of Lunokhod 3 wheels: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Lunokhod_...
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