NASA Cancels VIPER Mission

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NASA Canceled VIPER—That’s a Good Thing

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Last month , NASA canceled the VIPER mission to the lunar surface.

John Sutter : This is, in a sense, the second time NASA has canceled VIPER .

He says VIPER ’s cancellation is bad for lunar science, but good for NASA .

NASA should be willing to cancel more missions, sooner, he says.

Response to NASA ’s announcement has been largely negative, but also disingenuous (or at least, confused) Peter Bergen : Critics have prefixed the word “only” to the $84 million that NASA will save.

He says NASA isn’t sitting on an ocean of money right now, and there has to be a line beyond which another dollar spent is a dollar too much.

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