According to the Spacedotcom report, the decision to eliminate the Viper mission was taken on 17 July at a teleconds. NASA is expected to save $ 84 million from the cancellation of the mission. The program has so far spent about 450 million dollars (about 37 billion rupees) in this program, which does not include the launch cost.
Canceling the program by reaching such a distance can be disappointing for the space agency. However, the emphasis of his leadership is that the work done on the program was successful. The mission has been abolished only because of the budget.
According to the report, at the time when the Viper Mission was abolished, the rover was fully prepared and undergone environmental testing. This testing confirms whether the rover will be able to withstand the rigorous environment of space. The space agency is now seeing how to re -use the scientific instruments installed in the VIPER.
NASA is confident that by the moon missions sent in the future, she will achieve the goals that would be fulfilled by the VIPER mission. Many moon missions of Space Agency are proposed. Artemis is prominent among them. Under this, there is a preparation to send humans to the moon once again.