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2007-02-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran declares launch of first rocket into space

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Posted by Fred 2007-02-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 OK!? So what! Space is 50 miles up as the "Spaceship One" flies. Maybe the Persians only need to get passed the camel's hump to reach space. (shrugs shoulders)

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839 2007-02-26 01:49|| 2007-02-26 01:49|| Front Page Top

#2 So this puts them up to the level of the Nazis in 1942.

Posted by Bobby 2007-02-26 06:05|| 2007-02-26 06:05|| Front Page Top

#3 That's their role model, Bobby.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2007-02-26 06:59|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-02-26 06:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Prototype Sighted

Posted by doc 2007-02-26 07:39|| 2007-02-26 07:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Could this be considered a step towards ICBMs?

Posted by Geoffro 2007-02-26 08:47|| 2007-02-26 08:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Can someone please explain to me why we have not bombed these people into oblivion?

Posted by Excalibur 2007-02-26 08:54|| 2007-02-26 08:54|| Front Page Top

#7 Democrats, the MSM and an administration that has been worn down by the two.

Posted by jds 2007-02-26 10:07|| 2007-02-26 10:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Maybe they're planning a comsat shootdown, that's usualy the start of hostilites, blind your enemy.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-02-26 14:53|| 2007-02-26 14:53|| Front Page Top

#9 WAFF.com/LIVESCIENCE-SPACENEWS > Iranian space launch a bust.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-02-26 18:03|| 2007-02-26 18:03|| Front Page Top

#10 NORAD didn't get any indication of a space shot either.

I call shenanigans.

Posted by mhw 2007-02-26 21:18|| 2007-02-26 21:18|| Front Page Top

#11 Sounding rocket. Maybe they invented the Aerobee.

Posted by Shipman 2007-02-26 21:28|| 2007-02-26 21:28|| Front Page Top

#12 Re:#4: What's up Doc? When I saw your caption, my mind's TV went to Wile E. strapped to the obligatory ACME rocket. my bad.

Posted by USN, ret. 2007-02-26 22:42|| 2007-02-26 22:42|| Front Page Top

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