Iran claims to have launched a monkey into space

Started by jimmy olsen, January 28, 2013, 01:52:03 PM

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DGuller

Quote from: lustindarkness on January 28, 2013, 04:49:18 PM
That monkey was probably their only rocket scientist to volunteer for the flight. :(
Or the only one not assassinated by Israel.

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Josquius

Quote"This shipment returned safely to Earth with the anticipated speed along with the live organism," Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi told the semi-official Fars news agency. "The launch of Kavoshgar and its retrieval is the first step towards sending humans into space in the next phase."
My worries upon reading the headline are eased.
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Eddie Teach

Yeah, one dead monkey's definitely worse than Iran with ICBMs.
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