Editing Apollo 14 (section)

=== Modular Equipment Transporter ===
[[File:Shepard Next to Modular Equipment Transporter - GPN-2000-001147.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right|Shepard and the [[Modular Equipment Transporter]]]]
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The [[Modular Equipment Transporter]] (MET) was a two-wheeled handcart, used only on Apollo 14, intended to allow the astronauts to take tools and equipment with them, and store lunar samples, without needing to carry them. On later Apollo program missions, the self-propelled [[Lunar Roving Vehicle]] (LRV) was flown instead.{{sfn|Apollo Program Summary Report|p=4-98}}

The MET, when deployed for use on the lunar surface, was about {{convert|86|in|cm}} long, {{convert|39|in|cm}} wide and {{convert|32|in|cm}} high. It had pressurized rubber tires {{convert|4|in|cm}} wide and {{convert|16|in|cm}} in diameter, containing nitrogen and inflated to about {{convert|1.5|psi}}.{{sfn|Press Kit|p=68}}  The first use of tires on the Moon, these were developed by [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]] and were dubbed their XLT (Experimental Lunar Tire) model. Fully loaded, the MET weighed about {{convert|75|kg|lb|order=flip}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.goodyear.eu/fifty-years-after-going-to-the-moon-goodyear--looks-to-space-to-enhance-tire-performance/|publisher=Goodyear|date=July 15, 2019|title=Celebrating 50 years of moon exploration|access-date=July 25, 2020}}</ref> Two legs combined with the wheels to provide four-point stability when at rest.{{sfn|Press Kit|p=68}}