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The Most Pimpin' Ride at NASA

By David Seliger - December 20, 2011

in Tech | Cars

Sure, everyone's seen the space shuttle before. And NASA's newest moon buggy ride is yesterday's news. So what's NASA's greatest kept transportation secret? Why, the mobile lounge, of course!

Originally built for use with general aircraft, the mobile lounge is mounted on a scissor truck and was used when astronauts disembarked the space shuttle after a mission. The vehicles were designed by Chrysler and were ironically nicknamed "moon buggies" due to their appearance. In this rather uneventful video, you can watch the mobile lounge in action:

If you're ever passing through the international terminal at Washington Dulles Airport, you may get the chance to get a ride on the mobile lounge, which is still in use there to ferry passengers. A rather bizarre vehicle with an odd place in the history of space exploration!

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David Wood

12 years ago

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Combine this with the Autonomobile (use Google to search for the article on Core77; ironically, the link to the Core77 link is longer than Core77 will allow in a posting here), and I'll be happy. Or maybe ecstatic.
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Ko Nakatsu

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Uneventful video indeed!:) Here's a better video: Dulles, designed by Saarinen's and his crew was pretty genius. They wanted a video of this concept and they asked your favorite design couple to make this lovely animation. 5:45 mark captures the mobile lounge concept and 9:00 is where they predict our future:) Link found online: http://vimeo.com/4139559
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Steve Roumeliotis

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We had these back at the Montreal Int'l Airport (Mirabel). They were more fun than the actual plane ride!!
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Alex Mihai

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You can also ride similar vehicles if you fly into Dulles International Airport in Virginia.
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