Posted on 02/21/2005 6:38:26 PM PST by Land_of_Lincoln_John
TEHRAN (MNA) – The cabinet has approved a proposal to establish the Supreme National Space Council, government spokesman Abdullah Ramezanzadeh announced here on Monday.
The Supreme National Space Council will be established with the aim of making peaceful use of outer space and space technology, protecting national interests, and achieving economic, cultural, and scientific development through this technology, Ramezanzadeh added.
He said that the president of the Islamic Republic, the council chairman, the chairman of the Iran Space Organization (as the council’s secretary), the minister of communications and information technology, the minister of science, the defense minister, the foreign minister, the minister of mines and industries, the director of the Management and Planning Organization, the director of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), and four space experts would be the members of the council.
Like their nuke program is STRICTLY FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES, their SPACE PROGRAM would be for exactly the same purpose...yes, these nut-cases are out in space alright...
At least until Bangladesh starts its space program...
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