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Iran Plans To Put a Monkey Into Space
arisvega writes "Iran plans to send a live monkey into space in the summer, the country's top space official said after the launch of the Rassad-1 satellite, state television reported on its website on Thursday. 'The Kavoshgar-5 rocket will be launched during the month of Mordad (July 23 to August 23) with a 285-kilogramme capsule carrying a monkey to an altitude of 120 kilometres (74 miles),' said Hamid Fazeli, head of Iran's Space Organisation. No mentioning on retrieving the monkey, though."
But do they really think they can get a member of the US congress to cooperate with their space progra...
Oh, wait, you meant the OTHER kind of monkey. Oh, right. Go on then.
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Is going to be launched into space? Or is it going to be Akhmajenadad? Salaam ayatollaka! Inquiring minds want... Well, in Iran, knowledge shoots inquiring...
They wouldn't dare send e human. Imagine he saw god and twitted a picture of him!
WOW! Iran's going to send someone from their government into space? Who?
Supreme Leader (Ali Khamenei) or President (Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) or... one of the other government officials?
Either way, this is awesome news. Good riddance, damn monkey!
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"Iran's religious leaders are set to test the new "Thanksbetogod" landing system which involves praying for the miraculous saviour of the astronaut. The new landing system is considerably lighter than anything the pathetic decadent homosexual Europeans or the Great Satan can achieve and will give Iran total domination of manned spaceflight within the next 2 weeks.
The event is so auspicious that the supreme leader Aye-a-toilet Car-mini especially asked our own President to test the system. "To refuse would be to disbelieve in the power of the almighty, Mr Ah-my-dinner-jacket, and I assure you that we will all be there to pray at exactly the right moment and I can assure this because we will be using our new great Iranian "IfGodiswilling" wrist watches which are based on such immense faith that there is not even any need for clockwork! Do not fear for your hairy little chin, my dear Mad-mood, for the lord loves all who trust in him - even the fires of the atmosphere and the terminal velocity of the highest fall are as nothing compared of the prayer of myself and all your other good friends of the Majles-e Khobregan (assembly of experts)."
It was touching, as this reporter can testify, to see the tears of what can only be joy, his sudden urge to leave the room to hide his emotion and the kindness with with the guard officers of the Revolutionary protection unit insisted that he should stay...
This is all just my personal opinion.