Private FLIP moon rover replaces NASA's cancelled VIPER on 2025 lunar south pole mission

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Astrolab's FLIP moon rover has replaced NASA's VIPER vehicle on the first-ever mission of Astrobotic's Griffin lunar lander, which is scheduled to launch in late 2025.

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why did NASA replace the viper moon rover with flip when viper was already built and succeeding in tests and will it be going to the same spots and studying the same stuff as viper was going to?
what are the difference between filp and viper and will it carry very different instruments?