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It's disappointing that this is the most upvoted comment in this thread. The mission was a success and will enable the scientists to understand much more about
by gtirloni 12y ago
It's disappointing that this is the most upvoted comment in this thread. The mission was a success and will enable the scientists to understand much more about the whole thing. Plus, the orbiter will continue to track the comet and there is a chance the lander will come back from hibernation mode once there is more sunlight available.
I think people in general have come to expect the incredible lifetime of the Mars landers as the norm. It's not.
But since this is HN, I'm sure we all in the IT world are pretty confident in our estimations and our projects are a complete success all the time. Might explain why we are so disappointed with ESA. </sarcasm>
- turbohz 12y agoMany might not agree with the conspiracy tone of the comment, but we can see that there's something to be explained.
- cjensen 12y agoThe mission was not a success: it did not meet their minimum goal of one week. Failure happens and is nothing to be ashamed of when trying for such an ambitious goal. ESA needs to own it and move on.
- LastZactionHero 12y agoTough crowd.
- arrrg 12y agoIt’s not a failure, though. Clearly not. Obviously not. To call this a failure is flat out insane. It has no connection to any reality. Also, it’s not a dichotomous failure/success condition. Some things worked, some things didn’t. That’s the actual situation. That much is obvious. It seems they actually managed to fulfill all the primary goals, though you will probably have to wait for the published papers to assess the quality of the collected data. Could take a couple years.