NASA is about to make the biggest mistake of the decade. #SaveVIPER

The VIPER rover is being cancelled. We must save it.

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footage in this video taken using Space Engine

[Chubby_Bub]

-spend $500 million on project
-"actually this is too expensive, we need to save money"
-destroy completed $500 million project
-congratulations you have saved a nonexistent amount of money and lost $500 million
-???

[Zeron]

I’m deadass scared about nasa’s budget they keep getting defunded jeopardizing important missions

[SloppySpleenSplatter]

i want them to send up a suspiciously rover-shaped mass simulator

[jaredletobestjoker]

getting to the next civilization stage seems kinda tough

[omarbaba]

This is just NASA at this point. When they say they’re going to do something, expect about 1/10th of it to be actually done

[progmetalfan]

Also, imagine if the military was beholden to the same ridiculous 30% overrun clause… no F35, No Littoral Combat Ship, no B52 life extensions, no Gerald R Ford class (for that matter no Nimitz class either), no F-22, B-1b, M1 Abrams, and no sustained war efforts like Afghanistan or Iraq…

[Randall]

To me this is yet another hole in this balloon of BS of handing all these vital launches to private companies.

[starcasmlove]

they will be astroabiotic by the time im done with them

[owenpancoast]

Just signed. We need the algorithum now more than ever!

[verbosequestion]

450 million down the drain, zero mission and nothing achieved = Money saved??

[elijahsmall]

This is truly upsetting. Such a shame. Imagine being one of the engineers who now have to take apart this beautiful piece of equipment or the eager scientists excited to do some science and make discoveries through VIPER. This was such a huge step in building a lunar base and just like that, soiled! Money and time wasted! 🤦🏾😞

[elitecereal]

sending a cube to the moon is crazy 😭😭

[chaos_]

just when i thought the world already reached the bottom of the hill

[brawnylazerman]

Dear algorithm, please bless this video by sending it to the MOON!!

[bhar]

I spoke two weekends ago at a teen baseball game with someone who works for Astrobotics. She was so excited about this and I had told her I had been most interested in this mission. Then 4 days later it gets cancelled. Such Bullshit.

[notgreg]

#SAVEVIPER EVERYONE MAKES A DIFFERENCE, DONT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS

[FruAnimates]

Complete waste to cancel this and send junk into space #SaveVIPER

[SawedOffLaser]

You'd think the government would be okay with some cost overruns. It hasn't stopped a ton of stupid shit in military procurement over the last several decades.

[rockstarskolas]

I think I’ll just learn Mandarin at this point 💀

[MAD-SKILLZ]

A few days ago, President Biden announced that America will lead the charge back to the Moon, whilst standing over the fresh grave of the VIPER mission. 🤦