On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:15:30 +0200, Jochem Huhmann
wrote:

But why did they use skids? With the ability for precision landings you
can land at a runway and use wheels.

....Wheels usually require tires, and tires generally require inner
tubes or a pressurized gas holding the walls rigid, and at that time
there were questions about vacuum storage and temperature issues that
made tires something that had to wait. And besides, skids folded
flatter, took up less weight, and above all else didn't blow out on
impact.

OM
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