The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has budgeted approximately $65 million—representing over 40 percent of the agency’s total funds for a moon exploration project—to develop a lunar rover, according to an internal audit.
On top of the $65 million for the rover, the CSA also said that around $20 million of the budget has been allocated to a “scientific instrument that will eventually be used on the moon,” while another $20 million has been earmarked for a “contribution for a partner’s mission to return a sample from Mars.”
“Approximately $31 million is awarded in contracts, grants and contributions to the space industry and academic community to increase the market potential of Canadian businesses,” the CSA wrote in its “Audit Of The Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program,” as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter….