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Iran isn't a country with a high profile in space tourism – but that could soon change. On Wednesday, the Iran Space Agency (ISA) announced its intention to launch a live Rhesus monkey into space. But can it bring the animal back?
It is not the first time Iran has shown interest in launching animals into orbit. In 2010, the ISA's Kavoshgar-3 rocket carried worms, a mouse and two turtles as passengers. More significantly, the animals were reportedly safely returned to Earth.
. "This launch would be a major milestone in a military sense. Iran, like many other spacefaring nations, is developing a space programme not only for the sake of prestige but also for national security reasons."
Originally posted by Tiger5
Thats no monkey! That was Almedinajad!
So what? The smart money would send remote control drones up and probably get some more information and cheaper. A real case of monkey see monkey do? besides what would the purpose be? This could be propaganda at its worse!
Originally posted by Corruption Exposed
reply to post by superman2012
Maybe they will slap sanctions on the monkey or freeze it's bank accounts.
All jokes aside, good for Iran Pretty soon Iran will have a more advanced space program than the United States if the White House keeps cutting the funding for NASA.
Originally posted by Tiger5
reply to post by superman2012
I do not rate getting a man in space now thatthe cold war proganda fight is over. It is actually a very costly exercise to maintain human life in space. please look at the real history of the space race. The Astronauts were very brave men but even then they railed against being piloted from mission control. Again do the research and you will come to a similar view to me.
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