How NASA Reinvented The Wheel - Shape Memory Alloys

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  • @Freakeasy_chicago
    @Freakeasy_chicago 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1296

    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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      It is never enough

    • @lanceward4665
      @lanceward4665 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

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

    • @codzy2850
      @codzy2850 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @johnnybadboy3475
    @johnnybadboy3475 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5261

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

    • @ankush-kl2nf
      @ankush-kl2nf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ikr

    • @armorsmith43
      @armorsmith43 5 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      JohnnyDaPrankstaGangsta I bet he got a bunch of folks there arguing about spitfire design trade-offs and sharing the video.

    • @br0th3rtub34
      @br0th3rtub34 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ikr

    • @br0th3rtub34
      @br0th3rtub34 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      straw barrow JINX

    • @dziban303
      @dziban303 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yawn

  • @akg_table
    @akg_table 5 ปีที่แล้ว +956

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

    • @reed8462
      @reed8462 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

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

    • @pretinhobasico6539
      @pretinhobasico6539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      and those MF thinking nice ride on Lambo.

    • @Malohdek
      @Malohdek 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

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

    • @SeaJay_Oceans
      @SeaJay_Oceans 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Drinking a Beer, On Mars. :-)

    • @shaunbanda6728
      @shaunbanda6728 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Why would Jesus ever imagine that....

  • @MaxBrix
    @MaxBrix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +744

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

    • @pencilgaming1233
      @pencilgaming1233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      2032: "How NASA reinvented the car"

    • @BURDYMAN777
      @BURDYMAN777 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @MrT------5743
      @MrT------5743 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @royaldecreeforthechurchofm8409
      @royaldecreeforthechurchofm8409 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How nasa reinvented the pencil

  • @namenamename390
    @namenamename390 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6393

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

    • @TheWeeky
      @TheWeeky 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Lol

    • @zlozlozlo
      @zlozlozlo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +276

      That's not how you spell brilliant.org

    • @Cythil
      @Cythil 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      proof that marking works ;)

    • @namenamename390
      @namenamename390 5 ปีที่แล้ว +137

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

  • @GrayFlare
    @GrayFlare 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1597

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

    • @GrayFlare
      @GrayFlare 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

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

    • @YM-zf8mt
      @YM-zf8mt 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I had finished it but I left it in home.

  • @nilsgensert5814
    @nilsgensert5814 4 ปีที่แล้ว +576

    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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Whoah

    • @Babalooza
      @Babalooza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

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

    • @valkriea
      @valkriea 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @cacasplat3
      @cacasplat3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@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 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cacasplat3 what’s your proof

  • @thedesk954
    @thedesk954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +340

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

    • @pencilgaming1233
      @pencilgaming1233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I hate that I laughed at this

    • @Crookqt
      @Crookqt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      hahahahah :D

    • @davethegreat7339
      @davethegreat7339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ...said a spokesperson!

  • @randomperson1614
    @randomperson1614 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1352

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

    • @wolf2109
      @wolf2109 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +161

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

    • @carlose6010
      @carlose6010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +122

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

    • @wolf2109
      @wolf2109 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @temiajuwon8893
      @temiajuwon8893 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@carlose6010
      They're *

  • @Chris.Davies
    @Chris.Davies 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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  5 ปีที่แล้ว +447

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

    • @johnspraggs1115
      @johnspraggs1115 5 ปีที่แล้ว +197

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

    • @lazeroussdomain5862
      @lazeroussdomain5862 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

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

    • @TwilightMysts
      @TwilightMysts 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

    • @Sam-th4jl
      @Sam-th4jl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      actually RTG stands for radioisotope thermoelectric generator

  • @user-zw3iu5hx1d
    @user-zw3iu5hx1d 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      lol

    • @CieJe.Alexander
      @CieJe.Alexander 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Robert Hahn lol yup

    • @intellectracoon
      @intellectracoon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @CieJe.Alexander
      @CieJe.Alexander 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@intellectracoonlol yeah that too.

  • @DrakeShattuck
    @DrakeShattuck 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2305

    How NASA Reinvented the TIRE.

    • @hemantkharkongor5433
      @hemantkharkongor5433 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Exactly ..they did not reinvent the wheel

    • @davidfortier6976
      @davidfortier6976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Absolutely correct, I was about to say the same thing myself.

    • @Sketch1994
      @Sketch1994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      How Goodyear reinvented the tire...

    • @TristanJCumpole
      @TristanJCumpole 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Dare I say "tyre" here?

    • @SeaJay_Oceans
      @SeaJay_Oceans 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You mean the Tyre ? :-)

  • @johnnybadboy3475
    @johnnybadboy3475 5 ปีที่แล้ว +459

    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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @gibson1005
      @gibson1005 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea they do that

    • @johnsheppard2456
      @johnsheppard2456 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @killernat1234
    @killernat1234 5 ปีที่แล้ว +486

    The episode of wheel engineering...

  • @SirSmithThe1st
    @SirSmithThe1st 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @DomyTheMad420
    @DomyTheMad420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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!

  • @xanderlowe8704
    @xanderlowe8704 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Its not crazy...

    • @piranha031091
      @piranha031091 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Dia1Up
    @Dia1Up 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @wiwbiz2
    @wiwbiz2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      To be honest you seem articulate yourself

  • @mikem.8699
    @mikem.8699 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @ZebuNeutrality
      @ZebuNeutrality 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I like the Back To The Future reference

  • @dakotaraptor5918
    @dakotaraptor5918 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @aaron41
    @aaron41 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @shitboxoffroad
      @shitboxoffroad 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Currently in school for materials science any advice?:)

    • @aaron41
      @aaron41 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @aaron41
      @aaron41 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@aaron41 damnit I'm already like you lol

  • @Hartfeltet
    @Hartfeltet 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    08:09 hersh mersh environment

    • @Real_MisterSir
      @Real_MisterSir 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I couldn't stop giggling at that xD

    • @jhennaagotilla8266
      @jhennaagotilla8266 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @kalasag9113
      @kalasag9113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @theaslam9758
    @theaslam9758 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Dude, veritasium stole your title

    • @Dumify
      @Dumify ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @williamapodaca8614
    @williamapodaca8614 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

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

  • @zeevyehuda2501
    @zeevyehuda2501 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @MurkyShallows
    @MurkyShallows 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    and the perseverance rover was like, nah, im good

  • @ltr4300
    @ltr4300 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @caffeecup5319
    @caffeecup5319 5 ปีที่แล้ว +199

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

    • @CannedSoup602
      @CannedSoup602 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      3000
      - Floating seats

    • @bkl3893
      @bkl3893 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shall i say it and r/whoosh myself?

    • @JKirbyD
      @JKirbyD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @bkl3893
      @bkl3893 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JKirbyD nobody asked u

    • @wolfenwingsable
      @wolfenwingsable 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Still waiting on hover cars

  • @adolfhitmaker8639
    @adolfhitmaker8639 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @torantrichler2098
    @torantrichler2098 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

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

    • @bigredc222
      @bigredc222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @torantrichler2098
      @torantrichler2098 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      C Smith completely out of context but ok

  • @ex5080
    @ex5080 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @Malamockq
    @Malamockq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @fireaza
    @fireaza 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @TiagoTiagoT
      @TiagoTiagoT 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alucard i.redd.it/axr1p30xcgb01.jpg

    • @TiagoTiagoT
      @TiagoTiagoT 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @kermitthemutantlevitatingf7836
    @kermitthemutantlevitatingf7836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    disappointing that this wasn't on Perseverance

  • @samuelyap9367
    @samuelyap9367 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @hah-vj7hc
      @hah-vj7hc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @lifesimulator3964
    @lifesimulator3964 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    A COMPETITION!?
    Just go to KSP!

    • @linecraftman3907
      @linecraftman3907 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      >inb4 someone suggest antigravity repulsors

  • @1schwererziehbar1
    @1schwererziehbar1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1647

    Why not build wheels made of Nokia phones?

    • @anvutrong6870
      @anvutrong6870 5 ปีที่แล้ว +270

      II NASA: You have been hired

    • @trytwicelikemice7516
      @trytwicelikemice7516 5 ปีที่แล้ว +703

      Don't want to damage Mars too much

    • @derpythanos2064
      @derpythanos2064 5 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      They should have both nokia and flex tape as protection!

    • @kornkernel2232
      @kornkernel2232 5 ปีที่แล้ว +195

      They needs wheels, not rock crusher.

    • @I.Fumblebee.I
      @I.Fumblebee.I 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Weight :/ you didn't think they'd have thought of that?

  • @jeraldineqlouiserobbert7581
    @jeraldineqlouiserobbert7581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @luxurious0346
    @luxurious0346 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @iforce2d
    @iforce2d 5 ปีที่แล้ว +963

    8:08 hersh mershan environment?? :)

    • @HritwRaje
      @HritwRaje 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      I thought I was the only one to notice that.

    • @markgearing
      @markgearing 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

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

    • @NickRoman
      @NickRoman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Get in the caaaaer! The maershan caer.

    • @neilgb14
      @neilgb14 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Never heard an Irish accent before?

    • @Anvilshock
      @Anvilshock 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Oirish?

  • @jackinat0r114
    @jackinat0r114 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @robertoorrostieta255
    @robertoorrostieta255 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @madnessbydesign1415
    @madnessbydesign1415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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'...

  • @MDZPNMD
    @MDZPNMD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Completely agree! Happy to see the improvements!

  • @alneez2010
    @alneez2010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

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

    • @MaxJNorman
      @MaxJNorman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @BardhAzizi
      @BardhAzizi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @pax4370
      @pax4370 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @• A S T R O N A U T • 😂😂

    • @3poli
      @3poli 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i fing it amusing when he says "car" Curr

  • @physicals
    @physicals 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is amazing and inspiring

  • @AndrewOnTestingCars
    @AndrewOnTestingCars 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolutely Amazing! well done Fair play!

  • @masterchief416
    @masterchief416 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @rullestaden
    @rullestaden 5 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    But will it blend?

    • @gabrielko2147
      @gabrielko2147 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is an og

    • @CannedSoup602
      @CannedSoup602 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @briangicharu2899
    @briangicharu2899 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I wanna learn planetary photoshopping to secure a job with NASA

  • @Foomba
    @Foomba 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @deviant3511
    @deviant3511 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @Mrbfgray
      @Mrbfgray 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Just not very far.

  • @MyKeeper88
    @MyKeeper88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @liq2029
    @liq2029 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @watwat2540
    @watwat2540 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You deserve these partnerships, Great Job

  • @nathangamble125
    @nathangamble125 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What course are u persuing? Material science?

    • @gibdopaminepls
      @gibdopaminepls 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      my brain is a shame memory alloy

    • @nathangamble125
      @nathangamble125 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow...

  • @sebsmith5100
    @sebsmith5100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    You literally got sponsored by the British air force?

    • @z3lop59
      @z3lop59 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Royal Air Force.

    • @slcarsuk
      @slcarsuk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Get the name right dumbass

    • @paraweld9838
      @paraweld9838 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @dumpeeplarfunny
    @dumpeeplarfunny 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

    • @nathanjohnson9464
      @nathanjohnson9464 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's just clickbait, you are really overthinking this

    • @Invictus173
      @Invictus173 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tyre*

    • @multi-colorman5952
      @multi-colorman5952 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nathan Johnson you are the example of someone braindead.

  • @naota3k
    @naota3k 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video, man.

  • @Tonitasso
    @Tonitasso 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    8:08 That hersh mershian damn

  • @mohamed11322
    @mohamed11322 5 ปีที่แล้ว +272

    He says "mars" like a frikken pirate bruh

    • @damejelyas
      @damejelyas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ay

    • @taipanforce4909
      @taipanforce4909 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It’s an accent

    • @ryckjunior9911
      @ryckjunior9911 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I wonder why stereotypical pirates always have Irish accents.

    • @blanco7726
      @blanco7726 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Oom Tier I imagine a stereotypical with a Somalian accent personally

    • @BJ-ln1dz
      @BJ-ln1dz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Maers

  • @clicky5494
    @clicky5494 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Veritasium turned into kakashi the copy ninja real quick 💀

    • @ritishify
      @ritishify ปีที่แล้ว

      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).

  • @lucyluzeng5344
    @lucyluzeng5344 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're smart. I like that :)

    • @reemnasser9105
      @reemnasser9105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @kejunhu5803
      @kejunhu5803 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @duckpotat9818
    @duckpotat9818 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

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

    • @rahulsrinivas497
      @rahulsrinivas497 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Vikrant Rai what’s the difference ?

    • @willinwoods
      @willinwoods 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @panzerdragon1121
    @panzerdragon1121 5 ปีที่แล้ว +735

    Just use flextape and nokias, there, indestructible.

    • @WellBeSerious12
      @WellBeSerious12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Nokia/Duct Tape (NokiaDuct) Tires.

    • @ClaraFlater_than_surface_board
      @ClaraFlater_than_surface_board 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @ericcl5313
      @ericcl5313 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      *Found the genius ^*

    • @markcangila1613
      @markcangila1613 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@ClaraFlater_than_surface_board Please think like a human, not a robot

    • @IvanSN
      @IvanSN 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@ClaraFlater_than_surface_board
      Please kindly fuck off. :)

  • @4492huzaifa
    @4492huzaifa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @acordarhoje
      @acordarhoje 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      preparing for new pandemics

  • @mww.7980
    @mww.7980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @toad3222
      @toad3222 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      4:52 for me lmao

  • @woxof46
    @woxof46 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @alienworm1999
    @alienworm1999 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

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

    • @satibel
      @satibel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @supaF
      @supaF 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@satibel the hero we don't deserve

    • @DaOzMan0608
      @DaOzMan0608 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @justaskforbobdesign
    @justaskforbobdesign 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @no_t1es
    @no_t1es 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is exactly why I'm subscribed to your channel

  • @aashasable9728
    @aashasable9728 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Good job man!

  • @OlejzMaku
    @OlejzMaku 5 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    Radioisotope thermoelectric generator isn't a nuclear reactor.

    • @visibleconfusion9894
      @visibleconfusion9894 5 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      it still uses nuclear material to produce power

    • @-ragingpotato-937
      @-ragingpotato-937 5 ปีที่แล้ว +68

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

    • @vill007b3
      @vill007b3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      "I am so smart"

    • @11235811193049
      @11235811193049 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @waterlemon5272
    @waterlemon5272 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @loturzelrestaurant
      @loturzelrestaurant 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @armandodane4588
    @armandodane4588 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

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

    • @Rayray-kr8xm
      @Rayray-kr8xm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @agoradacerto
      @agoradacerto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There is no research without anyone paying for it.

    • @ironicdivinemandatestan4262
      @ironicdivinemandatestan4262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +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 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @jeltje50
      @jeltje50 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @frisbeephil
    @frisbeephil 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @-Jed
    @-Jed 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

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

    • @guitargeometry
      @guitargeometry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In mersh

    • @seanpower1090
      @seanpower1090 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Whal den.. I'd soopose dat iksplens dat.

  • @Mr.Thermistor7228
    @Mr.Thermistor7228 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    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 =]

  • @MadMadMonkeyMen
    @MadMadMonkeyMen 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This... is... AMAZING!

  • @ao1645
    @ao1645 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    “Haarsh maarshan environment!” :-)

  • @kodaco29
    @kodaco29 5 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    maers

    • @Muffincaek
      @Muffincaek 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Just had to look for someone else thinking about it!

    • @RenoYeh
      @RenoYeh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Murphhhhhh

    • @the486kgman2
      @the486kgman2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      JL MÆRS

    • @kiyoshim9593
      @kiyoshim9593 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @clefmonnaadipuo6016
      @clefmonnaadipuo6016 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @jakish1985
    @jakish1985 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Veratasium basically redid this video... for some reason

  • @user.who137
    @user.who137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @thatoneguy444
    @thatoneguy444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +486

    They did not reinvent the wheel... they improved it.

    • @TheSunriseAnimation
      @TheSunriseAnimation 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      And it isnt even nasa its the other company...

    • @thatoneguy444
      @thatoneguy444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheSunriseAnimation yep

    • @AndyChamberlainMusic
      @AndyChamberlainMusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      What does reinvent mean if not to make a drastic improvement on an existing technology...?

    • @thatoneguy444
      @thatoneguy444 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@AndyChamberlainMusic well.... i can't get away with anything can i?

    • @Moosetraks21
      @Moosetraks21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      still round

  • @wildwisdom1361
    @wildwisdom1361 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @imamsev
    @imamsev 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love it 😍

  • @miraflynn8935
    @miraflynn8935 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Rip Oppy and its incredible journey

  • @Nyerguds
    @Nyerguds 5 ปีที่แล้ว +409

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

    • @CT--sy8sy
      @CT--sy8sy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +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 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@CT--sy8sy you just did.

    • @HypercaffinatedBees
      @HypercaffinatedBees 5 ปีที่แล้ว +241

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

  • @ryanm.191
    @ryanm.191 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Congrats on such an amazing sponsorship

  • @kalpanab2689
    @kalpanab2689 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent innovation

  • @derricksmith8978
    @derricksmith8978 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a awesome job

  • @joseph7972
    @joseph7972 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    top of the morning to ya boyo

  • @nickvoutsas5144
    @nickvoutsas5144 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    3D printing will become an important factor in repair and development of components on Mars

    • @damiengrey2297
      @damiengrey2297 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      3D printing will become an important factor in repair and development of components on Earth as well.

    • @fakecubed
      @fakecubed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I believe 3D printing is already being used on the International Space Station. It would be good to have for any long-term journey away from Earth, and it will be downright essential for colonizing other worlds.

  • @basedoppenheimer1497
    @basedoppenheimer1497 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @TheDanielsweden
    @TheDanielsweden 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well one small correction: the weels, they are so damage not only for or even mostly due to being hackneyed. But due to corrosion by the salts naturally occurring on Martian soil (essentially in high concentrations at the area of curiosity), those salts has the corrosive nature similar to bleach.

  • @anthonymarquez6493
    @anthonymarquez6493 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I need more real engineering

  • @adjagosse
    @adjagosse 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Plutonium battery, not nuclear reactor.

    • @temiajuwon8893
      @temiajuwon8893 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      RTG yeah

    • @cassgraham7058
      @cassgraham7058 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a good way to describe it in the same word length... and understandable for people that don't get the difference between fission and radioactive decay

  • @ligaya_07
    @ligaya_07 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like it whenever you say "Mers"

  • @stefanonicola3445
    @stefanonicola3445 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    @ 7:44 I think it is stated incorrectly that Austenite is induced through stress, the super-elastic effect occurs by inducing Martensite by stressing the material above its Af temperature.