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yortsed snacilbuper

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Fri Jun 12, 2020, 04:06 PM Jun 2020

From Pittsburgh to the moon: Local company to deliver NASA moon rover

Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic has been awarded a $199.5 million contract to deliver a NASA moon rover

According to a news release, the company has been tapped to deliver the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, to the south pole of the Moon in 2023.

VIPER will roam several miles of the moon, collect data in its search for ice and water and take soil samples.

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From Pittsburgh to the moon: Local company to deliver NASA moon rover (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Jun 2020 OP
Neat! soothsayer Jun 2020 #1
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