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Iran mulls Persian cat as next animal astronaut
AP via FOX ^ | 9/16/13

Posted on 09/16/2013 6:49:30 AM PDT by workerbee

Iran's hunt for its next animal astronaut may turn to the distinctive and locally named Persian cat, an official said Monday, in another possible step by the country's ambitious aerospace program that has also raised Western concerns about spillover military applications.

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Earlier this year, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he wanted to be Iran's first astronaut.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: ahmadinejad; astronaut; cats; iran; kitteh; kittyping
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21 posted on 09/16/2013 8:01:43 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: workerbee

Thank-you workerbee for posting this! :)=^..^=


22 posted on 09/16/2013 8:04:12 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: workerbee

The moon...all that pristine kitty litter!


23 posted on 09/16/2013 8:09:41 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: Biggirl

My pleasure. No day is complete without at least one good kitteh thread! ;-)


24 posted on 09/16/2013 8:10:29 AM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
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To: Slings and Arrows

"..hey...???.....we didn't go this way to the vet last time...I'm outta here"

25 posted on 09/16/2013 8:19:27 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Boogieman

LOL


26 posted on 09/16/2013 8:20:18 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon (Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.)
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27 posted on 09/16/2013 9:57:47 AM PDT by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...

I can’t believe they’d litter space. /rimshot


28 posted on 09/16/2013 6:29:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: SunkenCiv

LOL!


29 posted on 09/16/2013 6:33:14 PM PDT by left that other site (You Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Set You Free...John 8:32)
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To: workerbee

The Iranians are testing their (soon to be Nuclear tipped) booster rockets. At least they can launch Cosmocats into space while the US Manned Space program is dead. Hey, that’s another reason why we need Putin, to help us launch systems into space. Hey, Obama, that RESET idea was brilliant!


30 posted on 09/16/2013 10:02:08 PM PDT by Netz
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To: workerbee
Earlier this year, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he wanted to be Iran's first astronaut.

I'd rather he be, too!

31 posted on 09/16/2013 11:06:56 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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