One possibility is that since NASA is using Russian lift vehicles to keep the ISS supplied, I can see a Russian court (if it ever got that far) ordering no launches until NASA pays up.
larry On 7/5/05, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What Russian court would have any sort of jurisdiction to give a binding > verdict against NASA? > > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org > Sacramento, CA > > "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" > - Cynthia Dunning > > ....-----Original Message----- > ....From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ....Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 1:56 PM > ....To: CF-Community > ....Subject: RE: Crash of space probe to cost NASA $300 million? > .... > ....> -----Original Message----- > ....> From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ....> Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 4:39 PM > ....> To: CF-Community > ....> Subject: RE: Crash of space probe to cost NASA $300 million? > ....> > ....> She's trying to sue someone for "moral sufferings" as a result of > ....> their "deforming her horoscope"... Damn I wish I could figure out a > ....> way to turn that into suing Bush for "moral sufferings" as a result of > ....> his molesting the religious sensibilities of every non-Christian in > ....> the US. For instance, his immediate use of quotes from the christian > ....> bible in his first public statements after the Sept. 11th attack. > ....> > ....> Although last I knew no court acknowledged a person's horoscope as > ....> something that could be damaged, so I have to wonder what kind of > ....> crack her lawyer is smoking these days. It must be some good stuff! Or > ....> perhaps (more likely) this is just a publicity stunt. > .... > ....Remember - this is Russia. As bad a pseudo-science has gotten here it's > ....100 > ....times worse there. Crackpots and charlatans of every stripe are making > ....small fortunes there preying on the confusion after the fall of > ....communism. > .... > ....Most heads of state have paid astrologers and many astrologers are very > ....highly respected. > .... > ....Of course the traditional "science" of astrology makes no mention of > ....comets > ....(in fact it makes no mention of several planets since, apparently, if you > ....can't see them they can't affect you). I'm sure there're people out > ....there > ....revising charts and everything, but comets generally aren't included. > .... > ....I've faith in the system that this won't actually get to trial, but I'm > ....actually masochistically interested in what would happen if the Russian > ....court granted the motion. Would NASA actually defend itself? Would it > ....ignore the whole matter? > .... > ....Jim Davis > .... > .... > .... > .... > .... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase RoboHelp from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=59 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163035 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
