Last month NASA canceled the VIPER lunar rover. From a budget of $250 million, the total cost had grown to $609.6 MM—not counting a now $323 MM lander. The response has been largely negative, but some say “The scandal isn’t that NASA canceled the mission. The scandal is that NASA waited this long.”

Last month NASA canceled the VIPER lunar rover. From a budget of $250 million, the total cost had grown to $609.6 MM—not counting a now $323 MM lander. The response has been largely negative, but some say “The scandal isn’t that NASA canceled the mission. The scandal is that NASA waited this long.”

https://www.supercluster.com/editorial/nasa-canceled-viper-thats-a-good-thing