# The Occult v. NASA

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-occult-v-nasa/311292>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 6, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-occult-v-nasa/311292 "2005-07-06T14:56:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-occult-v-nasa/311292/1 "2005-07-06T14:56:42Z")

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[You ruined my cookout!](http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-astro06.html)

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**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 6, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-occult-v-nasa/311292/2 "2005-07-06T15:18:06Z")

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Did this one already:

> **[Astrologer Sues NASA Over Comet Probe](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=324122)**
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> 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

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**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-occult-v-nasa/311292/3 "2005-07-06T16:12:09Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> Did this one already:

…I knew I shoulda fixed that crack in my crystal ball! :smack:

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**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-occult-v-nasa/311292/4 "2005-07-06T20:10:45Z")

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I just _hate_ it when my horoscope is deformed! Stupid comet dust. ☹

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**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-occult-v-nasa/311292/5 "2005-07-08T20:00:14Z")

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Occultists:“You got your spaceprobe in my comet!”

NASA: “You got your comet all over my spaceprobe!”  
Together: “Ooooooh- pretty plume…”

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**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-occult-v-nasa/311292/6 "2005-07-09T11:01:57Z")

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**comet\_dweller:** “I for one welcome our new trashcan overlords!”