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| Iran aims to send man into space in nine years |
| 2010-07-24 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that Iran plans to send a man into space by 2019 as a blow to Western powers pressing Tehran over its nuclear program, state news agency IRNA reported. "Iran was due to send man into space by 2024 but in response to threats and Security Council resolutions against Iran, the plan was pushed forward by five years and the project will be launched in 2019," Ahmadinejad said. Iran, which is under four sets of UN Security Council sanctions over its continued uranium enrichment work, has been pursuing an ambitious space program, firing rockets into space and building satellites. In February Iran launched a home-built satellite carrying a rat, turtles and worms, in the face of Western concerns about Tehran using its nuclear and space industries to develop atomic and ballistic weapons. Telecommunication Minister Reza Taghipour said this month that Iran plans to launch a new satellite, Rasad 1, in the last week of August. The minister had previously said that during the current Iranian year to March 2011, new satellites capable of transmitting data and images would be launched. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 See, Charlie Bolden's plans to boost the self esteem of Muslims is already taking effect! (I don't need to add a 'sarc tag', do I?) |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-07-24 21:00 |
| #7 Why am I picturing a guy standing on a largish metal plate over the first Iranian atom bomb test rig? |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2010-07-24 18:22 |
| #6 Call for volunteers. |
| Posted by: Goober Crealet3411 2010-07-24 16:52 |
| #5 Demand live hi-def video.... heh... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2010-07-24 14:02 |
| #4 Now we know what they are going to do with their returning double agent. Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2010-07-24 11:34 |
| #3 In Space... Noone can hear your 'Allan Snackbar!'.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-07-24 01:11 |
| #2 Hmmmmmmmm...don't see anything in there about him coming back. Insh'allah... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-07-24 00:51 |
| #1 Big deal. Getting a man into space is indeed a challenge. Getting him home safely is much more of a challenge. Russia has a huge amount of territory where an astronaut could land. The US has a word wide fleet that can pick up an astronaut who lands in the ocean. Iran has neither of those. Getting the astronaut to land in Iran means hitting a fairly small target from space. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2010-07-24 00:34 |