Pluto probe New Horizons still going after 8 years, unlike ESO cometprobe. Guess why?

On Monday, December 8, 2014 10:10:58 AM UTC-5, Chris L Peterson wrote:
Because it was well engineered. Like the Mars rovers. Like Rosetta and
Philae. Like dozens of other research probes that are doing their job
as planned.

It must really pain somebody such as yourself, who has never produced
anything of value, to see the successes of others.

But as 0bama was rumored to have said "you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." Of course, he said that of *businesses*, not govt-funded space probe engineering teams. A double standard might be in effect.

WRT the science of the mission from:

http://www.universetoday.com/116208/...comet-landing/

'The same press release also defended ESA's decision not to release information from the navigation cameras more freely - which they do have control over. Citing overlap, they indicated that they want to "avoid undermining the priority of the OSIRIS team."'

On Tuesday, December 9, 2014 5:09:38 AM UTC-6, wrote:
But as 0bama was rumored to have said "you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." Of course, he said that of *businesses*,

Actually he said that of infrastructure (roads, bridges, airports, etc.) that businesses use. The government is responsible for building and maintaining the common structure of our nation that we all rely on, and of course we pay for it thru our taxes. That is the price for civilization. Otherwise we could be Somalia, the paradise of no taxation.

On Tuesday, December 9, 2014 12:59:19 PM UTC-5, Uncarollo2 wrote:
On Tuesday, December 9, 2014 5:09:38 AM UTC-6, wsne... wrote:
But as 0bama was rumored to have said "you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." Of course, he said that of *businesses*,

Actually he said that of infrastructure (roads, bridges, airports, etc.) that businesses use.

0bama said:

"If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."

The government is responsible for building and maintaining the common
structure of our nation that we all rely on, and of course we pay for it thru
our taxes. That is the price for civilization. Otherwise we could be Somalia,
the paradise of no taxation.

So what?

Roads (and other infrastructure) in the US are generally built by private companies granted government contracts, which are paid for with taxes collected from ...(drum roll please)....private businesses and individuals!