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It's possible that the "minimum success criteria" or "primary objective" of the mission was to touch down intact within a radius. If that was achieved, then I t
by coryfklein 3y ago
It's possible that the "minimum success criteria" or "primary objective" of the mission was to touch down intact within a radius. If that was achieved, then I think even in English it is reasonable to call the landing "perfect" in that it achieved all of the mission goals.
But that all depends on whether, "land upright and measure things with the expensive instruments we sent it with" was originally included as a primary objective and whether they've just moved the goal posts to minimize the appearance of the failure.
- dylan604 3y agoWe seem to be losing the definition of words. From "perfect phone calls" to "perfect landings" just feels like moving the goal posts. Let's tone down the rhetoric a bit. A very successful landing. sure. Met all of the necessary goals even if wasn't as designed. sure. Perfect landing. Let's not be silly
- smeej 3y agoI can see talking yourself into that definition, but any 4-year-old can look at that picture and tell you it didn't land perfectly. "No, silly! It's upsidedown!"