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00:00NASA's massive crawler transporter carries multi-million dollar rockets across uneven terrain right now.
00:07How does a 6 million pound machine negotiate a 5% grade without cracking the billion dollar payload?
00:15Common sense says rigid steel frames hold it steady, but fixed beams would snap the rocket apart.
00:22Specialized hydraulic compensating struts constantly shift fluid between corners to keep the rocket completely level.
00:29This fluid balancing trick neutralizes every single bump before NASA's massive crawler transporter carries rockets.

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