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It has just come to my attention that a Russian astrologer is suing NASA, the American space agency, for $300 million in damages for 'moral suffering'. The cause? NASA's Deep Impact probe, which crashed into the comet Tempel 1, 'ruins the natural balance of forces in the universe', and may 'deform her horoscope'. Ahem.
NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory do not seem to be taking this too seriously. This is a mistake. Wanton experimentation with alien real estate could lead, and indeed in the past has led, to grave interplanetary repercussions.
