On Tuesday, December 9, 2014 8:14:51 PM UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Tue, 9 Dec 2014 15:56:05 -0800 (PST), wsnell01 wrote:

Because goals are defined to cover a range. There are minimum goals,
and there are extended goals.

So this almost $2 billion dollar project (just barely) accomplished minimum goals.

Not at all. Philae was not a $2 billion dollar project.

Rosetta $1.8 billion dollar including Philae... close enough. The lander was the hype. Comet rendezvous and orbit... not so much.

But hey, maybe if the thing hasn't frozen solid in a few months...