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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,423 posts)
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 09:11 PM Apr 2018

Stunning scientists, NASA's only moon rover just got canceled

Months after President Trump signed a directive ordering NASA to return astronauts to the moon, the space agency has canceled its only lunar rover currently in development.

According to Clive Neal, a University of Notre Dame planetary scientist and emeritus chairman of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group, members of the Resource Prospector mission were told to close out the project by the end of May.

“I'm a little shocked,” he said. Neal, who is not directly involved in developing the mission, said he did not know the reason for the cancellation.

NASA said Friday that it would be putting out a statement about the project.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/stunning-scientists-nasas-only-moon-rover-just-got-canceled/ar-AAwr028?li=BBnb7Kz

This administration is clueless

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Stunning scientists, NASA's only moon rover just got canceled (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2018 OP
Clueless? unblock Apr 2018 #1
Is this really surprising? TheSmarterDog Apr 2018 #2
Trump Matthew28 Apr 2018 #3
The rich acquiring more wealth and screwing the poor and down trodden is the only CentralMass Apr 2018 #4
If they send a rover to the moon RockRaven Apr 2018 #5
Not surprised. Snackshack Apr 2018 #6
+1000 triron Apr 2018 #7
That was my first thought. Didn't the guy run an air and space museum or something? Vinca Apr 2018 #8

Matthew28

(1,798 posts)
3. Trump
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 09:26 PM
Apr 2018

is doing everything in his power to destroy this country and to transform it into a total backwards shit hole.

CentralMass

(15,265 posts)
4. The rich acquiring more wealth and screwing the poor and down trodden is the only
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 09:45 PM
Apr 2018

thing the U.S. will he known for.

RockRaven

(15,075 posts)
5. If they send a rover to the moon
Fri Apr 27, 2018, 10:08 PM
Apr 2018

they might gather more data about the composition and history of the moon, and also thereby the Earth, and further show that the Bible is just stories created and told by people, written by people, edited by people, and not anything to be taken literally or even seriously.

Snackshack

(2,541 posts)
6. Not surprised.
Sat Apr 28, 2018, 12:26 AM
Apr 2018

The new NASA administrator who was just confirmed a few days ago is nowhere near qualified for the job. My guess is like trumps other choices his job is to do the same at NASA as Tillerson did at State, Pruitt is doing at EPA, Carson at HUD etc, etc.

It is going to take decades (if it is even possible) to fix the damage trump has/is doing.

Vinca

(50,326 posts)
8. That was my first thought. Didn't the guy run an air and space museum or something?
Sat Apr 28, 2018, 07:11 AM
Apr 2018

I guess if you can identify the moon you, too, can be NASA administrator.

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