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MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) -- A Russian astrologist who says NASA has altered her horoscope by crashing a spacecraft into a comet is suing the U.S. space agency for damages of $300 million, local media has reported.

NASA deliberately crashed its probe, named Deep Impact, into the Tempel 1 comet to unleash a spray of material formed billions of years ago which scientists hope will shed new light on the composition of the solar system.

"It is obvious that elements of the comet's orbit, and correspondingly the ephemeris, will change after the explosion, which interferes with my astrology work and distorts my horoscope," Izvestia daily quoted astrologist Marina Bai as saying in legal documents submitted before Monday's collision.

A spokeswoman for a Moscow district court said initial preparations for the case were underway but could not say when the hearing would begin. NASA representatives in Moscow were unavailable for comment.

― dahlin (dahlin), Monday, 4 July 2005 08:23 (twenty years ago)

what a dumb bitch

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 4 July 2005 08:32 (twenty years ago)

and ambitious... $300 million? ha!

― dahlin (dahlin), Monday, 4 July 2005 08:33 (twenty years ago)

THEY ARE PLAYING GOD WITH THE SOLAR SYSTEM

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 4 July 2005 08:56 (twenty years ago)

So how did Skylab, Mir, etc. impact astrological forecasts anyway?

― MIS Information (kate), Monday, 4 July 2005 08:57 (twenty years ago)

itd be hilariously sad if she won

― latebloomer: now with 20% less cetacean content (latebloomer), Monday, 4 July 2005 08:57 (twenty years ago)

Do they have to change their forecasts everytime another planet is discovered? Sue the astronomers! Sue the Hubble Space Telescope!

― MIS Information (kate), Monday, 4 July 2005 08:57 (twenty years ago)

NASA leave their used junk all over space, i think we shd see this as a comsic anti-littering suit

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 4 July 2005 08:59 (twenty years ago)

start one

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 4 July 2005 09:00 (twenty years ago)

Didn't Australia issue NASA with a giant littering ticket for Skylab?

― MIS Information (kate), Monday, 4 July 2005 09:02 (twenty years ago)

since when did Australia last own 'space', we should be able to leave our shit wherever the hell we want out there!

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 4 July 2005 09:06 (twenty years ago)

I was hoping Nasa would inadvetantly redirect the comet to a collision course with earth.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Monday, 4 July 2005 09:08 (twenty years ago)

so BRUCE WILLIS can save us

― latebloomer: now with 20% less cetacean content (latebloomer), Monday, 4 July 2005 09:11 (twenty years ago)

In case you don't recall, Skylab FELL in large chunks on bits of Australia. That definitely counts as earth-litter.

― MIS Information (kate), Monday, 4 July 2005 09:12 (twenty years ago)

oh right, well that's different then. carry on.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 4 July 2005 09:15 (twenty years ago)

they should convert Star Wars Technonology (haha BRILLIANT PEBBLES) into a all-spaceways cleaning system

(yes i know none of SWT actually works and it is a giant impossi-tech boondoggle science fraud scam)

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 4 July 2005 09:20 (twenty years ago)

YEah Skylab only fell on Perth, no harm done ;)

(haha sorry gem I'm kidding!)

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 4 July 2005 09:21 (twenty years ago)

(yes i know none of SWT actually works and it is a giant impossi-tech boondoggle science fraud scam)

not true! the technology works if you sprinkle pixie dust on it, but sadly the pixie dust supply has been dwindling due to the ongoing dust-miners strike.

― latebloomer: now with 20% less cetacean content (latebloomer), Monday, 4 July 2005 09:38 (twenty years ago)

most of the miners are leprechauns, who greatly resent unicorn-driven tehnology being used to put them out of work.

― latebloomer: now with 20% less cetacean content (latebloomer), Monday, 4 July 2005 09:39 (twenty years ago)

In 1920, a New York Times editorial ridiculed Robert Goddard and his claim that a rocket would work in space:

That Professor Goddard, with his "chair" in Clark College and the countenancing of the Smithsonian Institution, does not know the relation of action to reaction, and of the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react--to say that would be absurd. Of course he only seems to lack the knowledge ladled out daily in high schools.

In 1969, days before Apollo 11's landing on the moon, the newspaper published a tongue-in-cheek correction:

Further investigation and experimentation have confirmed the findings of Isaac Newton in the 17th century, and it is now definitely established that a rocket can function in a vacuum as well as in an atmosphere. The Times regrets the error.

― dahlin (dahlin), Monday, 4 July 2005 09:42 (twenty years ago)

pfft. next you'll be saying people can talk to each other with plastic boxes hooked to television sets and a typewriter...

― latebloomer: now with 20% less cetacean content (latebloomer), Monday, 4 July 2005 09:46 (twenty years ago)

The fact that this woman didn't predict the whole shebang proves that she's a shit astrologist and deserves at best a small educational grant.

― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 4 July 2005 10:07 (twenty years ago)

Tenner she'd never even heard of this comet before NASA shot a washing machine at it at 40,000 KM/h

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Monday, 4 July 2005 11:42 (twenty years ago)

markleby that's surely unfair!! how can you predict the movement of the stars IN THE STARS!! it's like when there's a typo in the dictionary!!

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 4 July 2005 11:45 (twenty years ago)

i really wanted to see this. they'll be keeping the university observatory open for the next few nights so people can view the fallout.

― the underground homme (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 4 July 2005 12:02 (twenty years ago)

Didn't Australia issue NASA with a giant littering ticket for Skylab?

They only fined them $400. NASA's never paid it.

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Monday, 4 July 2005 12:28 (twenty years ago)

hope she wins and NASA have to consult her before planning to mess with space any more!

― stevie shaw (stevieshaw), Monday, 4 July 2005 12:50 (twenty years ago)

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