[tanknetter]

Not really. The air pressure at sea level is a bit less than 15 psi. If you took a normal 30 psi inflated car tire into space, it would have the equivalent filling of about 45 psi.

The shuttle tires are filled with nitrogen and pressurized to 315psi. At that kind of pressure, they are essentially solid.

[eabinga]

The shuttle tires are filled with nitrogen and pressurized to 315psi. At that kind of pressure, they are essentially solid.

I would have guessed around the 200-250 psi range filled with nitrogen.

At those pressures, the 15 lbs of atmospheric pressure wont bother the tire in space if it is exposed to a vaccum.

The car tire served as an example, that you could even take a car tire to space without it bursting.