Scott ManleyJul 17, 2024
So NASA is cancelling VIPER. For a combination of reasons the mission was going to exceed its original budget by 30%, and a law kicked in that means nothing more can be spent on it without congressional approval.
NASA is still committed to paying for delivering the rover to the moon, so, the griffin lander will be given a mass simulator rather than the completed rover that’s being tested.
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Top half of image: Parent in a swimming pool, labelled 'Congress', happily playing with a child who is smiling, labelled 'SLS/Orion'. There is another child in the pool, apparently in some distress, labelled 'The rest of Artemis'.
Bottom half of image: A skeleton sitting in a chair resting on a sea bed labelled 'NASA science missions'.
Jul 18, 2024 at 10:47amWeb