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NASA’s VIPER, Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover
Jaro_in_Montreal
post Oct 25 2019, 06:09 PM
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Exciting development.
But it looks like VIPER could end up like Philae - dead in the dark.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/new-viper-luna...ice-on-the-moon

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Phil Stooke
post Oct 25 2019, 06:26 PM
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This is essentially the same mission that was called Resource Prospector during its development. There are lots of interesting studies of traverse planning and very cool tools to help plan activities in areas of rapidly changing low angle illumination.

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- Jaro_in_Montreal   NASA’s VIPER, Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover   Oct 25 2019, 06:09 PM
- - Phil Stooke   This is essentially the same mission that was call...   Oct 25 2019, 06:26 PM
- - vjkane   One of the goals for the mission, from a conferenc...   Oct 26 2019, 12:29 AM
- - vjkane   Here are two conference abstracts about VIPER and ...   Oct 26 2019, 05:08 AM
- - Steve G   Good news. See link https://spacenews.com/nasa-c...   Nov 24 2019, 07:10 PM
- - atomoid   looks like the whole pallet lander design concept ...   Nov 27 2019, 02:26 AM
|- - Marz   QUOTE (atomoid @ Nov 26 2019, 08:26 PM) l...   Jun 17 2020, 09:31 PM
- - Phil Stooke   I was just watching Tony Colaprete presenting on V...   Jul 9 2020, 12:09 AM
- - mcaplinger   VIPER now delayed until November 2024 https://www....   Jul 19 2022, 06:26 AM
- - Hungry4info   Progress on VIPER. The mast has been installed. h...   Apr 3 2024, 06:37 PM
- - Phil Stooke   I have been posting maps of lunar landing sites on...   Apr 4 2024, 11:25 PM
- - Phil Stooke   We don't really know yet what will happen to V...   Apr 10 2024, 07:23 AM

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