Shirtstorm

Last week, the European Space Agency landed a space probe on a comet. It was big news--historic, even. But another event caused a stir at the same time, tangentially related to the event. Matt Taylor, the Rosetta mission's project scientist, went on the air to talk about the successful landing. However, his choice of attire was unfortunate. He was wearing a bowling shirt covered in pinup-style drawings of scantily clad women. This upset a lot of people. A lot. It was compounded by his extremely ...