| ▲ | graemep 11 hours ago |
| The European Space Agency, not 'Europe'. Just as annoying as calling the EU Europe, and calling both Europe despite different membership is just confusing. |
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| ▲ | anonymars 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Is metonymy really so unreasonable in this title? |
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| ▲ | Timwi 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | You have it exactly right. I read the title the way it was intended and I think the complaint was pedantic. | | |
| ▲ | notahacker 10 hours ago | parent [-] | | I doubt there's anyone in the small group of people that actually need to care about the distinction between EU and ESA spacecraft who doesn't already know this is an ESA mission anyway, and if such a person exists they can probably read as far as the first four words... |
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| ▲ | ifwinterco 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | In theory this could be about Roscosmos since they're based in Moscow | |
| ▲ | donohoe 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | “North America puts man on the moon” Yes. Yes it is. | | |
| ▲ | anonymars 11 hours ago | parent [-] | | Now let's evaluate "America puts man on moon" | | |
| ▲ | graemep 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Its a common term for the USA that has no other meaning. The content is North America, the two continents are the Americas. No ambiguity. 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. | | |
| ▲ | wat10000 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | “America” has no other meaning? So USA means United States of USA? | | | |
| ▲ | close04 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > Its a common term for the USA that has no other meaning 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. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas |
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| ▲ | embedding-shape 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Didn't think it was possible, but yes, you made it even worse. | | |
| ▲ | anonymars 11 hours ago | parent [-] | | A good title is brief and clear. "'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..." | | |
| ▲ | close04 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | ESA is one of the largest space agencies in the world. There’s nothing opaque about calling it ESA especially in a title. We wouldn’t use initialisms if everything had to be expanded all the time. | | |
| ▲ | anonymars 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | So is Roscosmos, but in such a situation, "Russia reconnects with lost spacecraft" would be the more accessible title |
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| ▲ | wat10000 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Life is more enjoyable if you put your focus on understanding what’s being said rather than policing how it’s said. |
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| ▲ | anonymars 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | It's such an interesting mission too, keeping the spacecraft synchronized enough with incredible precision so that one can cast a shadow in just the right place on the other, all while the orbital mechanics of gravity are constantly insisting otherwise "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" |
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| ▲ | vrganj 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| "America landed on the moon" vs "NASA landed on the moon". |
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| ▲ | bryanrasmussen 9 hours ago | parent [-] | | it was a great accomplishment, all of NASA getting there and at the same time!! Personally not a fan of this sort of pedantry. |
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