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From the #LPSC 'NASA Night' youtube.com/watch?v=Ns4sVQ81Di a list of the next #CLPS missions: NASA will have more Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies (SCALPSS) on #BlueOrigin's HLS test lander. They also reported superb results from #BlueGhost with 6 of the NASA experiments already completed and the remainder being done once the hot noon is over. Not much came out of #Athena, obviously, and they're still trying to make contact with the Lunar Trailblazer - no indication of the hope level ...

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The NASA #CLPS IM-2 Lunar Delivery Readiness media teleconference begins in 15 minutes on youtube.com/watch?v=oRrr5ARF1p - meanwhile webcasts of Athena's launch tonight have been announced e.g. for youtube.com/watch?v=Lx8qzcomV5 (NASA), youtube.com/live/WV9EXw07tSs (AstroForge) and youtube.com/watch?v=oVFXfIqPJc (Lunar Outpost).

#NASA built a #Moon #rover but can’t afford to get it to the launch pad
NASA has spent $450M designing and building a first-of-its-kind #robot named #VIPER to drive into eternally dark craters at the Moon's south pole
"It would have been revolutionary. Other missions don’t replace what is lost here."
"projected remaining expenses for VIPER would have resulted in either having to cancel or disrupt many other missions in our Commercial #Lunar Payload Services (#CLPS) line."
arstechnica.com/space/2024/07/