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

Did they lower the bar?

[Anonymous Coward]

The BBC are reporting that ESA's Rossetta Probe has passed the first phase of it's mission.

After the Beagle debacle, is it safe to assume that phase one was "don't splatter the craft across the surface of what it's supposed to be studying?"

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.

"Rossetta"?

[Tar-Palantir]

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

Re:"Rossetta"?

[WormholeFiend]

obviously, in true Slashdotter tradition, the poster didnt even RTFA he linked to...

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: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.