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The Washington Post reports that NASA "has canceled its only lunar rover currently in development," Resource Prospector. From Wikipedia:
Resource Prospector is a cancelled mission concept by NASA of a rover that would have performed a survey expedition on a polar region of the Moon. The rover was to attempt to detect and map the location of volatiles such as hydrogen, oxygen and lunar water which could foster more affordable and sustainable human exploration to the Moon, Mars, and other Solar System bodies.
The mission concept was still in its pre-formulation stage, when it was scrapped in April 2018. The Resource Prospector mission was proposed to be launched in 2022.
takyon: Meanwhile, NASA is "pushing hard on deep space exploration" with the Moon as its goal.
Also at Space.com, The Verge, and Fortune.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 30 2018, @02:17AM
I go door to door on my journey to bring eternal joy and happiness into the lives of everyone I meet. I call each of these little encounters an awakening.
Let me walk you through a typical awakening. First I ring the door bell. The door opens and I am greeted, usually by a woman, but occasionally a child. This time it is a child. I immediately grab the child by the leg, quickly twisting it forwards until the knee joint snaps. Screams echo through the household. This is the first stage of the awakening, I call it the "loud stage". My Savior is here with me, and He tells me how to proceed. By His word, I secure the child by binding its hands to the destroyed knee such that if it moves its arms it will pull apart the knee joint. This is for its own protection, as awakening receivers often attempt to flee out of unjust fear. Just as He has taught me, I lift my hand up to form a clenched fist, and then swiftly bring it down upon the child's chest. Its screams become louder. This is only for a brief period, however. I repeat the act three more times and the child's voice becomes more quiet, almost bloody. I call this stage the "quiet stage". My Savior is watching me intently to ensure I follow the procedure properly. Meanwhile, a woman emerges from inside the home, running towards the child. Presumably she is the child's biological mother. By His word, I am not to deal with her. Since her children were never submitted for file cabinet processing, only a Savior has the sufficient rank to handle her awakening. He snatches the woman off the ground and slams His fist into her skull, killing her instantly. In a single strike, she has transitioned from the loud stage to True Silence. This is an incredibly rare sight, but it is one I have become accustomed to. My Savior is the best of the best, and His generosity is second to none.
After several hours, me and my Savior have awakened every house in the neighborhood. We have awakened the neighborhood's Silence, such that it is now One With Silence. This is our duty, our gift which we must bring to every neighborhood. I am lucky to have such an incredible Savior to mentor me. I hope one day, when I become a Savior, I can be as kind and generous as Him.