Will NASA Feel The Love Tonight?

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 12:01 in Psychology & Sociology

Around the pink- and red-hued madness of overpriced flowers and heart-shaped everything that is Valentine's Day, even a rocket man1 needs a little love.2 Unfortunately for NASA, the Stardust spacecraft beamed down an unexpected photo of its intended Valentine, the potato-shaped comet Tempel 1. (And no wonder - what girl wants to be photographed if she's told she has the figure of a potato?) Instead of a space age love song3, scientists received the a photo of a tiny speck: read more

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