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Report: Iran Attempt to Launch Monkey Into Space Fails
Space.com ^
| 12 October 2011
| SPACE.com Staff
Posted on 10/13/2011 10:29:37 AM PDT by FreedomOfExpression
An attempt by Iran to launch a rocket carrying a live monkey into space in September has met with failure, stalling the country's program to pursue a human spaceflight capability, according to press reports.
The Iranian Space Agency reportedly attempted to launch a Rhesus monkey into space atop a Kavoshgar-5 rocket (Kavoshgar means "Explorer" in Farsi) during the Iranian month of Shahrivar, a period that ran between Aug. 23 and Sept. 22, according to an Agence-France Press report.
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Iranian space officials did not release details of the apparent launch failure on the agency's official website. The setback was apparently a major blow to Iran's space ambitions, as the nation hopes to one day launch humans to space and, eventually, the moon.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; space
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"Before September's launch failure, Fazeli said the Iranian Space Agency was training several monkeys for possible spaceflights."
Insufficient training? Sabotage because the monkeys were smarter than Imanutjob?
To: FreedomOfExpression
Can't they just photoshop him in?
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posted on
10/13/2011 10:31:13 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(Still a member of Sarah's Army)
To: FreedomOfExpression
“We have a problem, Tehran. How do you turn this thing around?”
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posted on
10/13/2011 10:32:13 AM PDT
by
righttackle44
(I may not be much, but I raised a U.S. Marine.)
To: FreedomOfExpression
Did Ahmadinejad survive the crash?
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posted on
10/13/2011 10:32:56 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 995 of America's holiday from reality...)
To: FreedomOfExpression
"...as the nation hopes to one day launch humans to space and, eventually, the moon."Um... the moon is already up in space, just worry about getting the humans up there.
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posted on
10/13/2011 10:33:52 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: FreedomOfExpression
Stinks to be the monkey.
I know dogs are disapproved in Islamic culture; what about monkeys?
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posted on
10/13/2011 10:35:41 AM PDT
by
lurk
To: FreedomOfExpression
“...attempted to launch a Rhesus monkey into space atop a Kavoshgar-5 rocket...”
And now he’s just Rhesus Pieces.
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posted on
10/13/2011 10:36:20 AM PDT
by
Made In The USA
(This post may be recorded for quality purposes.)
To: FreedomOfExpression
Prayers answered for one of God's little creatures the Rhesus monkey! Phew!...that was a close one! They have PETA in Iran?
To: FreedomOfExpression
I don't see a problem here.
What could possibly go wrong?
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posted on
10/13/2011 10:41:37 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS! This means liberals AND libertarians (same thing) NO LIBS!)
To: FreedomOfExpression
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posted on
10/13/2011 10:42:16 AM PDT
by
6ppc
(It's torch and pitchfork time)
To: FreedomOfExpression
Generally when the Iranian press uses the term “monkey” it means that the astronaut was Jewish
To: Made In The USA
And now he’s just Rhesus Pieces.LOL, well done! The monkey may be, too.
To: FreedomOfExpression
Guys, you can’t just strap him on the nosecone.
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posted on
10/13/2011 10:49:48 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
(Sarah Palin is at war with the left. Most Freepers are just playing the video game.)
To: FreedomOfExpression
Iranian Space Program Suffers Big Setback 
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posted on
10/13/2011 10:50:59 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(Obama's secret: "Once you learn to fake sincerity you've got it made")
To: FreedomOfExpression
I believe our first ape in space was a chimpanzee named Ham.
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posted on
10/13/2011 10:51:21 AM PDT
by
dainbramaged
(I lost my mantra around 1969.)
To: McGruff
Can't they just photoshop him in? True, photoshopping has worked out so well for Iran in the past.
To: Iron Munro; Responsibility2nd
How did you two get those top secret photographs of the prototypes? Wikileaks?
To: FreedomOfExpression
True, photoshopping has worked out so well for Iran in the past.
Well NASA only does power point these days so it would put them on a par with the US space effort.
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posted on
10/13/2011 11:02:29 AM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: FreedomOfExpression
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posted on
10/13/2011 11:04:19 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jazzy
(For God and country - Geronimo, Geronimo, Geronimo!)
To: FreedomOfExpression
L
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posted on
10/13/2011 11:05:20 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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