ESA's Rosetta Probe Passed 1st Test

be_stress writes "The BBC are reporting that ESA's Rosetta Probe has passed the first phase of its mission. It has currently made observations of Comet C/2002 T7. This is just the first part of a much bigger mission to intercept Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and release a probe to study the chemistry of the comet. The Rosetta probe will enter a quiet 'cruise-mode' until September, when th second stage of commissioning will commence."

Comments

"Rossetta"?

[Tar-Palantir]

Editors, please... the name of the probe is "Rosetta" (as in the famous stone).

comet linear?

[hkfczrqj]

It has currently made observations of Comet C/2002 T7, or Comet Linear.

It's not THE Comet Linear, it's just another comet found with the LINEAR research program.

Re:Did they lower the bar?

[Anonymous Coward]

Really the Beagle debacle was a ESA fiasco but only in the Public Relations department. Beagle was not a ESA project, it was a english project that the ESA accept to transport to Mars. A big mistake in my opinion, because the people (like the parent post) now associate Beagle with ESA.

Well, I suppose they have learnt the lesson.

Re:Grammar

[HeghmoH]

In British English, companies are considered to be plural; you're talking about many people, even though they are contained within a single organization. So in the US you say something like, "Apple is dying", in the UK you'd say "Apple are dying". No grammar problem.