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Russian Court Postpones Hearing in Astrologer's Deep Impact Lawsuit By Associated Press
posted: 5 July 2005 12:54 p.m. ET
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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.
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."
NASA representatives in
Russia could not be reached for comment on the case.
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