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Skriven 2005-07-05 18:07:42 av Mike '/m' (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 5679 av Gary Britt (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Comet hit for the first time
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From: Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com>

We'll find out at the trial...


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050705/ap_on_fe_st/russia_comet_case

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Astrologer Sues NASA Over Comet Mission

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."...
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 /m




On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 17:28:40 -0400, "Gary Britt" <zotu@nospamforme.com> wrote:

>Did they file an environmental impact statement before smashing this comet?
>How do we know there weren't cosmic snail darters who got their habitat
>displaced by this reckless event??
>
>Gary
>
>"Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:42cae333$1@w3.nls.net...
>> Deep Impact may get a second mission
>>
>>
>http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20050705-
08501000-bc-us-deepimpact.xml
>>
>> BOULDER, Colo., July 5 (UPI) -- Scientists were evaluating Tuesday whether
>> the Deep Impact Flyby spacecraft is capable of embarking on a second comet
>> interception.
>>
>> Ball Deputy Director of Programs in Civil Space Systems Monte Henderson
>told
>> Space.com engineers were attempting to determine how much dust and debris
>> from the collision hit the Flyby craft.
>>
>> If little damage has been done, Henderson said the craft could be
>redeployed
>> to send it on a 3.5 year cruise to Comet Boethin, which orbits the Sun
>every
>> 11 years. It was discovered Jan. 4, 1975, during a routine comet-hunting
>> scan by the late Rev. Leo Boethin of the Philippines.
>>
>> Based on fuel and trajectory, the redirection would have to take place
>> before July 24, Henderson said.
>>
>>
>> "George Sherwood" <george@beernabeer.com> wrote in message
>> news:pan.2005.07.04.12.53.18.446767@beernabeer.com...
>> > On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 08:45:37 -0400, George Sherwood wrote:
>> >
>> >> Guess since it was the USA completing something successfully I missed
>> >> Adam's announcement. :)
>> >>
>> >> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/index.html
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Looks like every performed as expected.  Now in less then two weeks
>back
>> >> to space with the shuttle.
>> >>
>> >> George
>> >
>> > I really like the way this video looks.  Requires quicktime.
>> >
>> > http://www.nasa.gov/mov/121493main_Impactor%20POV%20to%20crash.mov
>> >
>> > George
>>
>>
>

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