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[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Russian sues NASA to halt scientific assault on comet

Spiritualist calls UM mission a violation of natural balance

MOSCOW - When NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft hurls a barrel-size probe at a comet millions of miles from Earth on July 4, Marina Bai of Moscow will take it very personally.

The 45-year-old mother of two is so upset about the space agency's scientific assault on the celestial body that she has taken the unusual step of suing NASA in Moscow courts. Her lawsuit seeks to block the launch of the probe and to recover $311 million in "moral" damages.

But Bai fears the bombardment could disrupt mystical forces. More practically, she added, it might create an open season on celestial objects by the world's spacefaring nations.

"If the Americans can study comets with the help of bombs, why not the Chinese?" she asked. "Americans want to be ahead of everybody. And maybe that's good, but not in this case. It's a barbaric method, to study the universe with bombs."

"Somewhere deep inside me a voice told me the whole mission had to be stopped," she said in an interview yesterday. "I fear that it could have an impact on all humanity."

Much more here: www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.russia23jun23,0,625816.story?coll=sfla-newsnation-front

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Wouldn't it just beat all if she was right and the comet shattered into thousands of volkswagon sized pieces...and they plot interceptive headings toward Earth?

But, I think she needs to lay down for a bit.

[Maddad]

Firmly hold this woman's head down inside a toilet and flush.

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

I get the feeling that a swirly is Dave's method of astro justice... ;D

[Centaur]

It reminds me of when someone claiming to represent the spiritual interests of American Indians was hopping up and down over a spacecraft that crashed into the Moon carrying Eugene Shoemaker's ashes.

[Maddad]

Joe
I posted that and afterwards realized I had also posted something similar in another thread. It's odd because it's the only two times I have ever made such a post anywhere *Shrugs* Instead of deleting it, I was hoping nobody would notice. Should have known better; you read everything.

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

I read everything and everything my members post is important...and I approve of the astro swirley.

[Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe]

Fate of Mankind altered...

Here's an update on the lawsuit...

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MOSCOW - NASA's mission that sent a space probe smashing into a comet raised more than cosmic dust — it also brought a lawsuit from a Russian astrologer.

Marina Bai has sued the U.S. space agency, claiming the Deep Impact probe that punched a crater into the comet Tempel 1 late Sunday "ruins the natural balance of forces in the universe," the newspaper Izvestia reported Tuesday. A Moscow court has postponed hearings on the case until late July, the paper said.

Scientists say the crash did not significantly alter the comet's orbit around the sun and said the experiment does not pose any danger to Earth.

The probe's comet crash sent up a cloud of debris that scientists hope to examine to learn how the solar system was formed.

Bai is seeking damages totaling $300 million — the approximate equivalent of the mission's cost — for her "moral sufferings," Izvestia said, citing her lawyer Alexander Molokhov. She earlier told the paper that the experiment would "deform her horoscope."

NASA representatives in Russia and at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., could not be reached for comment on the case.

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All I have to say is:

When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars

This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
The age of Aquarius
Aquarius!
Aquarius!

Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius!
Aquarius!

And I am an Aquarian too!... ;D

[Rocketman]

Now that's what I call a fruitcake.

I'm an aquarian too, but she's still a fruitcake.

[Maddad]

A fruitcake hoping to make a quick $300 million.