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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:Too bad! by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Informative

    Of course, the problem with rocketry is the ability to launch people/satellites into space is pretty much the same as required to lob missiles onto someone else.

    And, let's face it, Iran is largely under the sway of people who are a little on the crazy side. Ahmadinejad is pretty much batshit crazy and deluded.

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  2. Re:Too bad! by neilo_1701D · · Score: 4, Informative

    Given that it was so long ago, finding actual news sites is hard. I found http://www.memri.org/report/en... which has a summary of Arab reactions; some good and some bad.

  3. Re:Too bad! by JackieBrown · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nope - that was the Arabs (Palestinians) too.

    http://www.snopes.com/rumors/r...