Posted on 04/20/2005 8:24:14 AM PDT by doc30
Russian Astrologist Sues NASA
NASA has been taken to court in Russia over its plans to crack open a comet.
Marina Bai, a Russian astrologist, filed a lawsuit last month with the Presnensky district court in Moscow, demanding that the U.S. space agency call off its $311 million Deep Impact mission. As reported in MosNews.com, Bai is also asking for 8.7 billion rubles ($311 million) in compensation for moral damages.
“The actions of NASA infringe upon my system of spiritual and life values, in particular on the values of every element of creation, upon the unacceptability of barbarically interfering with the natural life of the universe, and the violation of the natural balance of the Universe,” Bai said in her claim.
Deep Impact, which is already in space, is scheduled to collide with Comet 9P/Tempel 1 on July 4th of this year. The spacecraft carries explosives, which will be used to dig out a crater in the comet. Scientists will then hope to learn what a typical comet is made of.
The district court dismissed the Bai’s case, but the Moscow City Court took up the appeal and will rule following a hearing scheduled for May 6.
Benny Peiser, a researcher at Liverpool John Moores University who follows asteroid science and the surrounding media and public attention, said even some Russian scientists have jumped on this court case, calling the space mission an act of "vandalism that cannot be justified."
"I can only hope that this irrational technophobia is not a sign of things to come in other parts of Europe, which is already falling worryingly behind internationally in science and technology, never mind space exploration," Peiser told SPACE.com.
Is this from PRAVDA?
Yeah, we don't need any stinking tort reform in this country...
Now why didn't I think of that!!
LOL! Russia's got wackos too, huh?
So this is it? This is the next evolution of enviro-whackism? I suppose the Red Planet Liberation Front will soon be formed and begin blowing up condominiums somewhere while demanding we go clean up all the crap we have crash-landed on Mars.
Yeah, we don't need any stinking tort reform in this country...
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That is correct -- JUST ASK THE TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION!!! They will tell you how bad tort reform would be for their bank accounts....
Let's join him and make it a class action suit.
Kinetic impact can be explosive, should be visible from earth.
Geeez! What next?
LOL! That is priceless! She need to file that suit in California. She'd stand a pretty good chance of winning. The 9th circus would definitely find in her favor on appeal.
I think it's noble for those in Russia to finally start believing in some of the values we here in America have come to enjoy over the years....the right to sue anyone for anything at any time. Such a breath of fresh air......
Geeez! What next?
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No. When next... What later... Why? I dunno !!! ;-))
Wait'll we dismantle all the other planets and Kuiper belt objects sometime in the next thousand years or so to build our first Dyson sphere. These loonies will really lose it then, MUAHAHA!!
You're close. The source in MosNews -- a site that has been blocked from FR.
No. When next... What later... Why? I dunno !!! ;-))
Third base.
Is she suing the Russian government for oil exploration 'cause it's so interfering with Nature. I think not. 1. She likes to crap in a warm crapper. 2. She would not sue Putt'n, would she?
1. She likes to crap in a warm crapper.
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Just curious...
Was "crap" a descriptive word before Mr. Crapper invented the flush toilet ??? ;-))
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