Posted on 03/21/2015 10:56:05 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Mohammad Iranmanesh, a member of Crew 151 currently participating in a two-week field rotation at the Mars Society's Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS)
in Utah, unfurled the flag of Iran, alongside the American flag, to help mark a "Happy Nowruz" (Iranian-Persian New Year). Stressing the importance of international cooperation on space exploration, MDRS crew member Iranmanesh said "Mars has no borders, right?"
The crew also made a bit of Internet history over the weekend when they tweeted the picture of the Iranian flag at MDRS to wish Anousheh Ansari, the first female space tourist to fly to the International Space Station), a happy New Year. Not only did they receive a reply from Ms. Ansari, but the photo and message were also retweeted by NASA astronaut Ronald Garan.
PS...death to America.
Celebrating “Nowruz” shouldn’t mean political promotion of Iran. Disgusting display on American soil. Out the airlock with the him. If we go to Mars, its ours anyway. Bringing a token Iranian is cute but doesn’t change the reality that only the US as the ability to pull off such a trip. Definitely not a state like Iran.
Willfully blind and deceived liberal butt holes, who think everything in the world will be just ducky if we all sing Kumbaya on the “International” Space Station ... This is the one facet I absolutely despise about manned space exploration - the insane “one-world” naivete that it creates among its practitioners and proponents. These idiots make me wonder whether donning a space helmet neutralizes brain neurons!
In your face America.
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