继欧空局第一个探测彗星计划─—乔托（Ｇｉｏｔｔｏ）探测器探测哈雷（Ｈａｌｌｅｙ）彗星和格里格一斯克杰利厄普（Ｇｒｉｇｇ—Ｓｋｊｅｌｌｅｒｕｐ）彗星之后，欧空局批准第二个彗星会合飞行计划─—罗塞达（Ｒｏｓｅｔｔａ）。欧空局科学计划委员会接受了空间咨询委员会 Following the first ESA program to detect comets - the Giotto probe detects comets from Halley and Grigg-Skjellerup, ESA approved the second Comet Meeting Flight Plan - Rosetta. The ESA Scientific Planning Committee accepted the Space Advisory Board