Iranians In Space

Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 09:23 am
By jamie

And we don't like it:

Iran is to launch two more rockets into space in the next few months, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on Monday, after a firing of a rocket earlier this month sparked international concern.

"Two other rockets will be launched so that we can then send a satellite into space," Ahmadinejad said at a rally in Tehran broadcast live on state television.

"We home that Iran's first home-produced satellite will be launched in the summer," he added, reiterating a prediction made by other Iranian officials who said the satellite would be launched in May.

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The United States, which has led international efforts to pressure Iran to freeze controversial nuclear activities, has said Tehran's activities in space risked further isolating the Islamic republic.

I guess they don't know that we own outer space. It seems like the more we say "Iran can't do that", the more they are out to do it. Perhaps a new approach, like talking to them, is in order.

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