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Russia Forming Space Alliance With Iran, May Fly Iranian Astronaut (examiner.com)
MarkWhittington writes: Quietly, the Russians appear to be forming a space alliance with the Islamic Republic of Iran, according to a story in Sputnik. Not only is Russia in talks to launch Iranian satellites on Russian rockets but also to include an Iranian astronaut on a future space mission. What that space mission might be is open to question. A visit by an Iranian astronaut to the International Space Station would likely kick up a political firestorm with the United States, even though the Obama administration is attempting to develop a rapprochement with the Islamic Republic.
Did you mean which way is the shrine in Mecca?
From LEO, it varies, just as it does on the surface. From far away, it would just be towards Earth.
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
Actually, NASA does have a detailed contingency plan for dealing with "rogue elements" in space: bind the subject's wrists and ankles with duct tape, tie them down with a bungee cord, and if needed, inject them with tranquilizers, all the while trying to calm them down verbally, explaining what you're doing and why you need to do it.
It sounds kind of funny that they'd take the time to make such a plan, but it was created in case an astronaut for some reason or another goes crazy while in orbit. It's also allowed for if an astronaut is trying to commit suicide.
What the hells goin on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?
Cosmonaut and astronaut are synonyms. Cosmo is of Greek origin and means "world" or "universe", and in Russian it means, space, thus "cosmonaut" is someone who has been in space. Astro comes from Greek as well but it means "star". Astronaut is a term that comes from French and literally means someone who has been to the stars (the French being more poetic here). So it doesn't matter what you call it, the two words can be used interchangeably, but for some reason US media seems to call Americans astronauts and Russians cosmonauts. Maybe a remnant from the space race?
People need to understand that a more technologically advanced Iran means the world will deal with a more advanced country, and a more advanced government, period. Iran has a lot of extremely smart people who's voices are not heard because they are drowned by the voices of the mentally insane.
The sooner Iran values knowledge and science more than it values blind belief in fairy tales, the better for the rest of the world.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... time... to... die...
Come on, are you saying that the Iranian space program is really a cover story for the development of, say, a super long-range anti-ship missile?
No, that's SpaceX. ;)
What the hells goin on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?
I would like ./ editors to stop with "future Russian plans" stories, 'cause I can almost give you a warranty that given the today's economical situation in Russia, and given the fact that it's on the verge of collapse next to nothing will pan out in the nearest 20 to 50 years.
I think it is way to early to write Russia off: Russia is big and has most if not all of the raw materials needed for all the important industries, the ties to China are also becoming stronger, and 20 to 50 years is a very long time.
It would have been better if you'd run a story about the Russian ruble. It's dying. [...]
A low value of a national currency makes imports for this country expensive and exports cheaper for buyers, which means a low valued currency is good for export oriented countries. Russia is an export economy. Considering that Russia mostly exports raw materials, and imports goods like cars, computers etc. such the push from the falling value of the Ruble may actually be good for its industry, because it makes these industries more competitive compared to imported goods (e.g. as imported cars become more expensive cars produced in Russia may become more interesting to Russian buyers).
As an American, believe me when I tell you that our government and most of our country (except for a few crazy right wingers) would love for Iran-US relations to improve at least to where each country doesn't cause the other one problems. In fact, I believe that the USA and Iran will one day again be great friends. Whether that is 10 years, 20 years or 50 years from now remains to be seen. But for reasons I won't go into less it digress into a pointless political discussion that never ends, it seems pretty inevitable for me. Just like if you find the average American under 60 years old probably has a very positive opinion of Japan but old people who lived through World War II may still carry some grudges, with time the older generation that hates the other side will die out and the younger generation will reap the benefits of friendship. I don't think having an Iranian on the ISS would be a big deal and if it leads to less tension between the 2 countries, I say "How quickly can we make this happen?"
"USAian". Is that someone from the Union of South Africa?
On a more serious note: grow up.
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First Iranian in space?
Hmm.....First suicide bomber in space?
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Oil prices are very volatile. I think it's foolish to assume that they'll stay at $30 per barrel indefinately. Most likely in 2, 3 years they'll be much higher.
I'm sure we all remember the hilarious Iran Photoshop of their missile program. Having Iran dependent on Russia for satellite launches means they have one less reason to try to advance their own rocketry science. If all it takes is a token Iranian photo-op on the ISS then that is a pretty cheap win. With oil in the toilet Russia could probably use the currency also, and a stable Russia is probably a good thing.
I'm glad we at least solved the really important problems of mankind concerning space travel.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Iran recalls the US and UK support for Operation Ajax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Iran also recalls US support for the Iraqi invasion of Iran in 1980 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...–Iraq_War
ie the mischiefs of foreign intrigue.
As far as the astronaut part goes, the Soviet Union and Russia offered places to a lot of other nations.
List of cosmonauts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... has a list of other "Other cosmonauts" from different nations.
Also see the Intercosmos program https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
If you count proxies, there's really no debating that the USA has funded more terrorist organizations, whether you think it's justified or not. Of course the CIA is more discreet, but they eventually declassify it.
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Oh come on, are you just a kid or what? This is common knowledge.
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