Halfway through assembling the flight vehicle currently, the team’s progress is available for enthusiasts to witness through web chats and watch parties hosted by NASA, an interactive behind-the-scenes look that also provides insights from the project’s experts.
metal tire with spoked rim design is interesting.
The VIPER is expected to land on the Moon’s south pole and leverage System Health Enabled Real-time Planning Advisor, or SHERPA, a cutting-edge artificial intelligence system named after the Himalayan Sherpa people, expert guides to climbers daring to venture the Himalayan mountains.
SHERPA will ingest and evaluate massive volumes of data to account for harsh conditions on the moon’s surface and determine the probability of discovering resources at designated sites, contributing to our better understanding of the moon, particularly the South Pole, a prime target for future exploration.
“It can assess the various risks of different routes by running thousands of mission simulations, and even provide contingency branches for where to go if something changes or doesn’t go according to plan,” described NASA in a statement earlier this month.
Nasa is looking to launch it this year 2024....
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On 11 June 2020, NASA has awarded Astrobotic Technology of Pittsburgh US$199.5 million to deliver NASA Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the Moon's South Pole in late 2023. VIPER rover will be carried by Astrobotic with its Griffin lander in late 2023. VIPER's flight to the Moon is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. Or sooner...
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