> Having two separate spacecraft flying independently but in such a way that one casts a shadow on the other is a challenging task. But future missions depend on scientists figuring out how to make this precision choreography technology work, and so Proba-3 is a test.
Oh wow, they've potentially rescued this (very cool!) mission for both probes
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Yes. Yes it is.
Europe properly means the continent so it is far more like saying "North America puts man on moon" than saying "America puts man on moon".
Ambiguity is always bad.
Some people say its clear, but I am sure a lot of others thought an EU agency reconnected with a spacecraft.
Its interesting that people get so upset about asking for correct and unambiguous language.
Except, you know, the only “other” meaning of “America” is just literally the alternative name for Americas, both continents. Here is an obscure link to the description [0]. Even if you want to refer to North America, what about Mexico and Canada?
The less you know, the less ambiguous it is.
"'Miracle': European Space Agency reconnects with lost spacecraft" is long.
"'Miracle': ESA reconnects with lost spacecraft" is opaque.
The first four words of the article are, "The European Space Agency..."
"Given the diameter of the occulter disk on the OSC and the intended corona observation regions, the CSC must be approximately 150 meters from the OSC and maintain this position with millimetric accuracy, both in range and laterally"
Personally not a fan of this sort of pedantry.