Re: Russian astrologer cleared to sue Nasa


"JohnShap" <dontbother@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Kb5fe.34502$V02.8659@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Maybe Phil Plait can be a witness for the defense...
>
>
> http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=35652&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21
> Russian astrologer cleared to sue Nasa
> Published: Saturday, 7 May, 2005, 12:01 PM Doha Time
>
> MOSCOW: A Russian court ruled that an astrologer could proceed with a
> lawsuit against the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration
> (Nasa)
> for plans to bombard a comet whose destruction would "disrupt the natural
> balance of the universe", Itar-Tass said yesterday.
> Star-reader Marina Bai's case was thrown out of a lower court because
> Russia has no jurisdiction over Nasa, but the ruling was overturned when
> her
> lawyer, Alexandra Molokhova, was able to show that the agency's office in
> the US embassy in Moscow does fall under Russian jurisdiction.
>


The idea is legitimate. No one country should have the right to claim any
solar body for it's own
purposes. The moon is everyones to study for instance. There are far
reaching implications of this bogus lawsuit.


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