7th July 2005, 7:31 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4649987.stm
This is the argument they are making. The fact that if it was never ever going to cross Earth's orbit and such an impact would make it an earth crosser, it could be undone in much the same way and we would have a massive lead time (say, perhaps a few million years) escapes her. Apparently, a risk is a risk, no matter how low the probabilities are.
Oh yeah, you all saw that impact right? It was pretty impressive and revealed a lot of data about that comet.
Also, keep in mind this was an astrologist, not an astronomer...
The NASA guys pointed out the effect of the object was about as relevant as slamming a mosquito into an airliner. Certainly, I wouldn't even mind being IN the plane, with loved ones, when something like that occured. It just wouldn't matter.
Also note that the risk of it slamming into the planet isn't the only thing she's saying. As an astrologer, she believes ANY alterations in the orbit at all have had strong effects on her future, and as such NASA owes her compensation for affecting her fate without her permission. She calls it a "moral trauma".
Quote:"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!"
This is the argument they are making. The fact that if it was never ever going to cross Earth's orbit and such an impact would make it an earth crosser, it could be undone in much the same way and we would have a massive lead time (say, perhaps a few million years) escapes her. Apparently, a risk is a risk, no matter how low the probabilities are.
Oh yeah, you all saw that impact right? It was pretty impressive and revealed a lot of data about that comet.
Also, keep in mind this was an astrologist, not an astronomer...
The NASA guys pointed out the effect of the object was about as relevant as slamming a mosquito into an airliner. Certainly, I wouldn't even mind being IN the plane, with loved ones, when something like that occured. It just wouldn't matter.
Also note that the risk of it slamming into the planet isn't the only thing she's saying. As an astrologer, she believes ANY alterations in the orbit at all have had strong effects on her future, and as such NASA owes her compensation for affecting her fate without her permission. She calls it a "moral trauma".
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)