# Astrologer Sues NASA Over Comet Probe **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 5, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142 "2005-07-05T14:26:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/1 "2005-07-05T14:26:25Z")
That’s the headline at Yahoo news. Must be a slow news day: [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050705/ap\_on\_fe\_st/russia\_comet\_case](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050705/ap_on_fe_st/russia_comet_case) ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/2 "2005-07-05T16:03:11Z")
“…deform her horoscope.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/3 "2005-07-05T16:35:03Z")
> [@](#): > > “ruins the natural balance of forces in the universe,” I think the phrase I heard on the news was “a mosquito hitting a 747.” She must have quite a bit of arrogance of our abilities to change the universe. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/4 "2005-07-05T16:54:50Z")
> [@](#): > > NASA representatives in Russia could not be reached for comment on the case. …because they were too busy laughing their asses off. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/5 "2005-07-05T17:02:39Z")
It gets even better. From [BBC](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4649987.stm): > [@](#): > > Marina Bay’s legal team remain confident, and they are even looking for volunteers to join in on the claim. > > “The impact changed the magnetic properties of the comet, and this could have affected mobile telephony here on Earth. If your phone went down this morning, ask yourself Why? and then get in touch with us,” says Mr Molokhov. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/6 "2005-07-05T17:07:43Z")
Now _that’s_ a Molokhov talk tale. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/7 "2005-07-05T17:10:54Z")
Hey, if this idiot can PROVE that astrology is real, then she should get the $300 million. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/8 "2005-07-05T17:20:32Z")
I am shocked…_shocked_ to find out a professional astrologer is only in it for the cash. ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/9 "2005-07-05T17:32:37Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I am shocked…_shocked_ to find out a professional astrologer is only in it for the cash. Actually, she’s an amateur. From the BBC article > [@](#): > > An amateur astrologist, she believes that any variation in the orbit or the composition of the Tempel comet will certainly affect her own fate. > [@](#): > > “The impact changed the magnetic properties of the comet, and this could have affected mobile telephony here on Earth. If your phone went down this morning, ask yourself Why? and then get in touch with us,” says Mr Molokhov. Hey . . . our HBO signal was crap yesterday. This explains it! Any chance this suit will go class-action? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/10 "2005-07-05T17:48:28Z")
So… my cable didn’t go out because of that hellacious thunderstorm last night? That does it! Sign me up! I say it’s class action lawsuit time! I’ll call as soon as I quit laughing over “deform her horoscope”. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/11 "2005-07-05T20:34:12Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Now _that’s_ a Molokhov talk tale. How long did it take you to come up with that? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/12 "2005-07-05T21:05:15Z")
“Deformed horoscopes” is not politically correct. They prefer to be referred to as “physically challenged astrological vision quests”. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/13 "2005-07-05T21:54:58Z")
And she didn’t see this coming? ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/14 "2005-07-05T23:01:57Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > And she didn’t see this coming? Well, see, this is how you can tell that she’s an amateur astrologist. Asteroid 2002 SR41 is retrograde in Gemini. Combine that with the fact that Quaoar was in close conjunction with QSO J1819+3845 on July 4th, and any professional astrologist could tell you that NASA couldn’t miss. Also, I recommend strongly that you avoid voyages by sea and spicy foods until _after_ Comet Swift-Tuttle transits NGC 6705. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/15 "2005-07-05T23:44:59Z")
How dare _real_ science stand in the way of _pseudo_-science. Harumph !!! :mad: If she were younger, maybe she would have sued Clyde Tombaugh for discovering Pluto. If NASA did NOT smash into the comet, would she even have been aware of its existence? Did she _always_ calculate this comet’s astral influence on _all_ her astrological charts? Sorry for sounding so angry. Must have something to do with the disturbance of the natural forces of the Universe. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/16 "2005-07-05T23:48:57Z")
Hey, if it deformed her horoscope, it deformed mine too! and yours! Where’s my $300 mil. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/17 "2005-07-05T23:49:23Z")
CORRECTING My Wording here: _If she were younger, maybe she would have sued Clyde Tombaugh for discovering Pluto._ What I _meant_ to say is if she had been born \*earlier \*(say 1900?), she would have sued Clyde Tombaugh. Thank you. Again I apologize. I would NOT have made that mistake \*if \*the natural forces in the Universe were in their proper balance. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/18 "2005-07-06T00:46:45Z")
In America, you hit Comet. In Soviet Russia, Comet hits you! ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/19 "2005-07-06T00:52:54Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > In Soviet Russia, Comet hits you! _raises glass_ Tunguska! [sub]Now, go ahead, post _Gesundheit._ You know you want to.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142/20 "2005-07-06T01:24:49Z")
[NASA committed genocide when it hit comet.](http://www.transterrestrial.com/archives/005451.html#005451) > [@](#): > > STATEMENT OF FACTS > > 1. The matter before the court regards loss of life and limb, injuries, mental anguish, and property damage suffered on the early morning of Minxktaquicky 43, Year Nipathatep (July 3, 2005) at or around Mong 54 (10:52 PM PST). > > 2. At or around that time, inhabitants of Ziquikcikty (Comet Tempel-1) were awoken by a large explosion. They awoke to find that a large segment of the surface of Ziquikcity had been destroyed by an unknown agent, leaving a large crater in the surface. Ejected debris caused serious damage to approximately half the surface of Ziquikcity, and minor damage to all remaining areas of the comet. > > 3. A veritable flood of injured sentients reached medical attention after the explosion, and preliminary estimates are that 105,000 sentients were treated for injuries of some sort. Hospitals report over 2800 cessations of sentient function, with another more than 5,200 sentients undergoing major medial care with significant ongoing risk of cessation of sentient function. > > 4. Rescue parties are still combing through the debris as of this filing, but 1,952 formerly sentient organisms have been recovered as of this filing, and at least 4,700 remain unaccounted for. > > 5. Initial estimates of property damage (still preliminary at this time) indicate that in excess of 58,000 residences were destroyed or rendered uninhabitable, in excess of 7,500 places of business were destroyed or rendered uninhabitable, and at least 125,000 other buldings suffered serious damage including at least a partial lsos of pressure. Purely cosmetic damage estimates have not been received to date, but are expected to be severe. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astrologer-sues-nasa-over-comet-probe/311142.md?page=2)