#viper

#viper

NASA's cancellation of VIPER cargo allowed Venturi Astrolab to seize an opportunity for lunar exploration.

NASA's crucial water ice-hunting lunar rover VIPER faces cancellation due to budgetary shortfalls, sparking disappointment and potential setbacks in lunar exploration.

NASA canceled the VIPER lunar exploration project due to cost increases and delays, but plans to apply the technology and lessons learned to other missions.

Despite the cancellation of VIPER, NASA remains committed to exploring the Moon's South Pole for polar resources and will utilize alternative missions like Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1.