NASA Issues RFI on Potential VIPER Partnerships Written 12 August 2024
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An engineering model of the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER. | Credit: NASA/GRC/Bridget Caswell; NASA
Space News reports, “NASA is requesting concepts from companies and organizations willing to take over a robotic lunar rover that the agency announced last month it would cancel even through it is nearly complete. NASA issued a request for information (RFI) Aug. 9 for the operation of the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) spacecraft. NASA announced July 17 it planned to cancel the rover, citing development delays and cost overruns amid broader budget pressures in the agency’s science programs.”
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