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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran establishes Supreme National Space Council

2005-02-22

All the better to negotiate with the UFOs, don't you see ...

The cabinet has approved a proposal to establish the Supreme National Space Council, government spokesman Abdullah Ramezanzadeh announced here on Monday.

The Supreme National Space Council will be established with the aim of making peaceful use of outer space and space technology, protecting national interests, and achieving economic, cultural, and scientific development through this technology, Ramezanzadeh added.

He said that the president of the Islamic Republic, the council chairman, the chairman of the Iran Space Organization (as the council's secretary), the minister of communications and information technology, the minister of science, the defense minister, the foreign minister, the minister of mines and industries, the director of the Management and Planning Organization, the director of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), and four space experts would be the members of the council.

Posted by:Dan Darling

#9 One of the goals is "achieving....cultural .... development through this technology."
Now that should be interesting to watch -- cultural change in Mullahland. Or is it someone else's culture that they plan on changing?

Posted by: GK 2005-02-22 9:08:17 AM

#8 In a quake masonry block burys you too. It really doesn't matter what the brick, block, stone it is, masonry comes apart when shaken or stirred. That's why all current brick/stone you see in Caliphornia is faux and all foundations are poured. Wood frame would be a lot better.

Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-02-22 9:04:09 AM

#7 Well their construction is just dirt most places. When a quake hits you are buried in it.

Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-02-22 8:55:13 AM

#6 If done right(keywords)rammed earth housing is damnded good.It can be stronger than masonry block,the secret is to use the right mixture of sand,clay,cement,re-enforcing wire,with lots of tamping.Large parts of the Great Wall are rammed earth and all they used is sand,clay,with willow branches as a binder.

Posted by: raptor 2005-02-22 8:52:42 AM

#5 ICBMs

Posted by: Tom 2005-02-22 8:48:10 AM

#4 3dc - So what's the Normal National Space Council do?

Keep tabs on the UFOs that keep being reported near the nuke facilities.

Posted by: BigEd 2005-02-22 5:40:14 AM

#3 Sounds like a(nother) good argument for going full speed ahead with national missile defense.

Posted by: AzCat 2005-02-22 3:46:55 AM

#2 The (Super Islamic) Supreme National Space Council (of Iran) also known as the Council of Boskone. You can count on the fact they want to use space for "peaceful" purposes because they are allanists.

Maybe they should spend some of that money moving their citizens out of rammed earth housing and mud huts that kill them everytime there is an earthquake instead of "space" first.

Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-02-22 2:39:28 AM

#1 So what's the Normal National Space Council do?

Posted by: 3dc 2005-02-22 1:55:29 AM

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