Just thought you'd like to know that the compensation culture has reached Russia. This is a fine mix of the best in superstition, cupidity and stupidity, with added lawyers...
news.bbc.co.uk
Hours after a Nasa probe crashed into Comet Tempel 1, legal reverberations were felt in a Moscow court. ...
Writer Marina Bay claims that by slamming the probe into the comet, Nasa endangered the future of civilisation.
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"This impact could have altered the orbit of the comet, so now there is a chance that the Tempel may well destroy the Earth some day!"
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However, even if the comet stays at a safe distance from Earth, Ms Bay's own life, she thinks, will never be the same again. An amateur astrologist, she believes that any variation in the orbit or the composition of the Tempel comet will certainly affect her own fate.
So Ms Marina's claims to be experiencing "a moral trauma" - which only a payment of $300m (252m euros; £170m) can put right.
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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.
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