Space

After Spending $450 Million, NASA Scraps Moon Rover

The space agency expects to save $84 million in development and additional operational costs by canceling.
After Spending $450 Million, NASA Scraps Moon Rover
The Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on July 7, 2024. Helen Arase Vargas/NASA via AP
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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NASA has canceled its plan to land a robotic rover on the Moon to search for ice and other potential resources, after spending $450 million.

The plan involved landing what is dubbed the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, near the lunar South Pole, which scientists suspect may harbor ice.

Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.