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Iran Announces Manned Space Mission Plans

Posted by timothy on from the look-out-below dept.

Lucas123 writes "After Iran's first attempt to launch a satellite on Sunday fell noticeably short of the Earth's atmosphere (though Iran claimed it made it into orbit), government officials stated they intend to put a man into space within 10 years. The long-range ballistic technology used to put satellites into space can also be used for launching weapons. Iran says it has no intention to use the technology for launching nuclear warheads."

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  1. Atmosphere out of reach... by MarvinIsANerd · · Score: 5, Funny

    "After Iran's first attempt to launch a satellite on Sunday fell noticeably short of the Earth's atmosphere"

    And we all know how hard it is to reach the Earth's atmosphere!

    1. Re:Atmosphere out of reach... by Areyoukiddingme · · Score: 5, Funny

      And if you read to the end, you see it took four people to come up with that linguistic gem... The author, two contributors, and an explicitly named editor.

      From people who are paid to communicate. That's all they do.

      The species is doomed...

      Fortunately I hear magpies are self-aware...

  2. Should provide entertainment. by halivar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Will there be a Iranian Space Information Minister to tell us about all the wonderful things happening in the space program?

    "Our cosmonauts have reported to have seen from space that Italy looks like the boot of Allah striking the Zionist regime. Soon we will harvest the moon for cheese and will no longer rely on the vile cartoon-drawing Danish."

    Now mods... before you mod me flamebait, first consider this: could I possibly be trolling, instead?

  3. Sensationalism Much? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The long-range ballistic technology used to put satellites into space can also be used for launching weapons. Iran says it has no intention to use the technology for launching nuclear warheads."

    It could also be used to deliver a payload of the following things to the earth from orbit

    - Ice Cream
    - Ninja Stars
    - Signed copies of Limbo of the Lost or Daikatana

    You think that we could leave the nefarious plans, no matter how obvious, up to the readers? Sheesh!

  4. Irans business-plan by ZarathustraDK · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Drill a lot of oil.

    2. Send iranians into space.

    3. ???????

    4 Prophet!!!

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