What is the sound of one astronaut laughing his ass off?
You know, I've never really been one to subscribe to astrology. I find it's more "pick & choose" conjecture than anything else, and you can easily make up whatever you want about what your day's going to be like. At the same time, I know there are people who swear astrology is the be all & end all of existence, and they are adamant that the harmonious forces in the universe will guide them through their day to day lives. Astrology, they say, is respectable and its adherents should be respected.
Russian astrologer brings interference case against NASA comet probe MOSCOW (AP) - 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.
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 totalling 8.7 billion rubles ($300 million US) - the approximate equivalent of the mission's cost - for her "moral sufferings," Izvestia said, quoting her lawyer Alexander Molokhov. She earlier told the paper that the experiment would "deform her horoscope."
<>NASA representatives in Russia could not immediately be reached for comment. 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.
And I think that sound I just heard was the sound of respectability being flushed down the crapper. For those curious, the link to it was here:
http://news.sympatico.msn.ca/OddNews/ContentPosting.aspx?contentid=679f97a03af3475
fb1d4d60d39bf0089&show=False&number=0&showbyline=True&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc
Today's Terrible, Horrible, No God Very Bad Discovery: http://www.pumpkin-porn.com/ (and just as you will all no doubt curse me, I curse the friend who sent me this link.)
posted by Phillip at 5:45 AM
