April 19, 2005
Russian Astrologist Plans to Crash NASA’s Independence Day
Imagine a twist to the plot of the movie Deep Impact: besides the comet, NASA is pitted against a Russian astrologist who wants to sue the agency because destroying a comet would irrevocably harm her “system of spiritual values”. A comet is not threatening Earth, but NASA’s Deep Impact is set to collide with the Tempel-1 comet on July 4 and that has really upset one Russian astrologist.
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Give her some vodka and let her play with a crystal ball for a while. She'll get over it.
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In Russia, Deep Impact crashes into you. I hope I did that right.
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In news today: Crazy Person Angry at Government Agency
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"The bottom line is that we have an object the size of a washing machine colliding with a comet the size of Manhattan Island. No contest." *begins construction of large catapult pointed southwards*