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Iran Forced To Cancel Its Space Program

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-space-for-you dept.

MarkWhittington writes The War is Boring blog reported that the Islamic Republic of Iran has been obliged to cancel its nascent space program. This development means that former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's dream of being the first astronaut to be launched into space by Iran have been dashed. Ironically, Anousheh Ansari, who was obliged to flee to the United States from Iran to avoid religious oppression, remains the only Iranian-born space traveler. She did it by going to Texas, making her fortune in the electronics business, and paying for her trip to the International Space Station.

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  1. Re:WHO forced them? by neilo_1701D · · Score: 3, Funny

    What I'd like to see in the abstract is an explanation of what the submitter thinks "ironically" means.

    I saw that too. Looks like the submitter was trying to distance himself from the "literally" crowd. Ironically, he fell flat on his face.

  2. Outing racism by mi · · Score: 4, Funny

    It sounds like you're bitching about a certain group that was recently the victim of police violence.

    Ah! He got me, he got me! Please, please, do not report my thought-crime to the authorities — I'll do anything!..

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    In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
  3. Reasoning.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apparently they've had issues sourcing large cardboard boxes.

  4. Re:WHO forced them? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Best I can tell, based on US Pro-Republican/Anti-Obama images I'm receiving online, the Saudis have absolutely nothing to do with the drop in oil-prices; it is all due to the Republicans being elected into Congress and having changed all laws to be pro-US instead of pro-Islam.

    Of course the falling prices are due to the Republican win! Why, just in the last two weeks since the Republicans took office, even the length of the day is getting longer after the long _black_ night of Obama's Winter. Mark my words, though, these sunny days won't last. I predict that, if Obama is still in office in six months, that the entire country will start to get colder and darker.
    http://earthsky.org/earth/everything-you-need-to-know-december-solstice