Russian astrologer sues NASA over comet experiment

by Elsewhere 15 Replies latest social current

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  zagor

  So where is the trial going to be held, in States or Russia?
  
  
  Actually if in States she might even win, I guess she could sue them for copyright and trespassing too And if they make a fun of her then harassment charges could be also added.
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  DannyBloem

  This comet is nine miles long and three miles across. The probe that impacted the comet was the size of a washing machine. To put this in scale, this is the same as "shooting the broad side of a barn" from a few feet away… trust me, targeting is NOT a major problem.

  Well actual it is not that simple. It is not from a few feet away but from several hunderd miles or so. But anyway I do not believe in a conspiracy either. Not everything is a conspiracy. It is scientifically really a valuable experiment

  Danny
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  lawrence

  
  I believe this astrologer was Nancy Reagan's favorite White House guest, or was it Zelda? She'll settle for a couple of mil.
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  RunningMan

  "as part of an experiment that scientists hope will help reveal how the Universe was formed."
  
  
  As I understand it, the early results have just come in. Apparently, God made it. Who knew?
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  DannyBloem

  As I understand it, the early results have just come in. Apparently, God made it. Who knew?

  Can come in handy those comets, he must have thought. Just a slide deflection from the orbit and voila, we have armageddon....
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  Abaddon

  LOL

  Many members of the public have expressed concern that by messing with a comet in this fashion, we could place the Earth in danger by sending Tempel 1 toward us. But it's egotistical to think that our tiny little spacecraft could have any such effect on an object the size of Tempel 1. Although Tempel 1 will soon have a new crater, it will otherwise be relatively unaffected by the impact. In particular, its velocity and orbit will hardly have changed. The change in velocty will be about 0.0001 millimeter per second (0.014 inch per hour); the comet's perihelion will be decreased by about 10 meters (33 feet); and its orbital period will be decreased by a fraction of a second. All of these changes will be swamped by the effects of a future close approach between Tempel 1 and Jupiter, which will take place in 2024, changing Tempel 1's perihelion distance by 34 million kilometers (21 million miles).

  http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/faq3.html#q1

  If we imagine something hitting a human it would need to be 0.000000246g to have the same proportional impact. That is two-hundred and forty-six micrograms. At 10.3 km/s.

  Or a nanograme if one assumes an impact speed of 1 m/s. Please excuse me if I am several orders of magnitude out, but you get the idea.

  It'll have as much effect on that comet as a single skin cell falling onto our skin would have.

  We're DOOMED I tell you!