slefain
slefain Dork
8/22/08 7:45 a.m.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hvVIY-re1PZBejjgbUTQBZbV7YRAD92KJ36G0

Anyone remember the Dilbert cartoon of the Elbonian satellite launcher?

And I noticed that the intent of Iran is to send a man INTO space, no word on RETURNING him.

John Brown
John Brown SuperDork
8/22/08 9:09 a.m.

I am more interested in the fact they are now getting an 1800 mile range out of their aircraft. Now we can park our warships a little farther out in the gulf and use the really big berkeleying guns when WWIII starts.

mistanfo
mistanfo Dork
8/22/08 9:23 a.m.

When the Prez of Iran said that homosexuality was a Western problem, and that there were no homosexuals in Iran, did he mean that he had rounded them all up and put them into "test" rockets, aimed west?

Mental
Mental SuperDork
8/22/08 11:48 a.m.

Wow, 1800 miles huh? Thats great, becuase now Isreal can take care of that problem for us.

John Brown
John Brown SuperDork
8/22/08 12:44 p.m.

Hence the backing off of our carriers off and letting WWIII start.

nderwater
nderwater New Reader
8/22/08 1:06 p.m.

A manned space program is a logical next step for a nation like Iran. Every other nation with a serious space program is also a nuclear power, and the investment the nations made into these programs in the pursuit of 'scientific research and human endeavor' had the direct result of advancing their military space and missile programs. To think that Iran's current nuclear and space programs have no underlying military ambitions and applications is willfully deluding themselves.

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