Consider the following statements about Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Mission: 1. It is a mobile robot launched by NASA.2. It will be resource mapping mission on any other celestial body.Which of the statements given above is/are correct? |ForumIAS

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: C

Notes:

NASA’s VIPER Mission:

NASA has announced the launch of the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Mission in 2023.
VIPER Mission is a mobile robot to be launched by NASA in the year 2023.
It will be the first resource mapping mission on any other celestial body.
Celestial Body is any natural body outside the Earth’s atmosphere. Easy examples are the Moon, Sun, and the other planets of our solar system.

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