Science & Technology – Week of 08.03.14

Space Salad Glows Purple in a Greenhouse Made For Mars
New Scientist | 05 August 2014
Would-Be Mars colonist and space-flight entrepreneur Elon Musk often jokes that he wants “to die on Mars, but not on impact”…

European Spacecraft Rosetta Makes Contact With Comet After 10-Year Chase
Telegraph | 06 August 2014
Probe to orbit comet for first time ever after 3.7 billion-mile game of ‘cosmic billiards’; scientists hope to learn more about origins of stars, comets and planets…