NASA announces VIPER lunar rover
Dec 04, 2019
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DAVID DICKINSON
NASA HAS ANNOUNCED A ROBOTIC mission, named the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER), will head to the lunar south pole to hunt for water ice and characterise the lunar soil. A four-wheeled rover about the size of a golf cart, VIPER will be built at the Johnson Space Flight Center. It is projected to cost US$250 million dollars.
VIPER was preceded by the Resource Prospector mission
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