Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Astrologer sues Nasa over probe

Astrologer sues Nasa over probe

Ms Bai failed in her attempts to prevent the experiment
A Russian astrologer is suing Nasa for crashing a probe into a comet, claiming it has distorted her horoscope.

Marina Bai is seeking $300m (£170m) in damages, saying the probe's impact on Comet Tempel 1 violated her "life and spiritual values". She had tried to have a Moscow court prevent the experiment from taking place but her action was rejected. Nasa smashed the washing machine-sized "impactor" into the comet at a distance of 133m km from Earth on Monday. ................