NASA cancels a $600million mission to explore the lunar south pole due to manufacturing setbacks and increasing costs, impacting the US competitiveness in the new space race with China.
The cancellation of the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission is a blow to the US' reputation in space, especially after China's recent achievement of returning samples from the dark side of the moon.
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