Comments on: Iran to Launch Animals to Space

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By: Dark Gnat

Dark Gnat — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:03:37 +0000

Jon: Your right, apparently he really said that Israel is a "disgraceful stain [on] the Islamic world", that needed to be "wiped from the pages of history". As if that's any better.

Iran is not exactly known as a peaceful nation. They have been well known supporters of terrorism, and have activley engaged in terrorism in the past.

But they want nuclear capability and ballistic missiles for "peaceful purposes".

By: Smcgee

Smcgee — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:34:17 +0000

Did anyone have any ideas why the animal occupants were not released to the public? Insects, mammals, fish, birds, etc????

By: Persenger

Persenger — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:32:55 +0000

Believe it or not, Iran is not planning to achieve weapons of mass destruction! It's simply moving on a peaceful path.

By: Smcgee

Smcgee — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 00:04:56 +0000

Why were the types of animals sent into space not released? I would be interesting to know the different species to see if they reacted differently in zero g's. We don't know if all creature act the same. Just think of the spiders, it took a few days to get their bearings straight (I'll never understand how they did that with no gravity, up or down, etc. Getting back to the point, why would that be kept secret and not released and valuble information??

By: Yael Dragwyla

Yael Dragwyla — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:01:32 +0000

Giovanni — The space industry is not for the "privileged few only" — it's for the whole world. The problem is that now and for the foreseeable future, relatively few people have/will have the training, health, and experience to enable them to stay alive in space or on other worlds, let alone function well there, because training and selection programs can only take so many. That will change over time. Moreover, what we can do in space can benefit the whole world, such as putting solar collectors in orbit around the Earth and others around the Sun, lasering their catches of sunlight back to Earth in microwave form, providing power to the entire Earth at rock-bottom prices from an essentially eternal & renewable resource. The Solar System is packed with minerals that are just perfect for our manufacturing and other industrial needs, and space-based robot factories that can't pollute anything or crowd the living world could use those minerals and other resources, including sunlight for power, to produce almost all the goods needed on Earth. Even food could be grown in special habitats or on small asteroids someday, food for a hungry planet. Solar power direct from the Sun taken above the atmosphere could also be used to desalinate seawater for the nations. Endless wealth for all of us is to be had out there — but only if well-trained and -equipped pioneers lay the groundwork for such vitally needed endeavors. Get a life, Giovanni — to make wealth, you have to spend some, first. If you make wealth, you can benefit the whole world — but without it you can't do anything worth a damn.

By: Barnacle Bill

Barnacle Bill — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:08:43 +0000

Forget the military, PETA where are you ??

BTW Joe nice sliding in a slam on the good ol' US of A on a story about the Iranian space program. Get a life !!

By: neil

neil — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:43:33 +0000

As a member of PETA (People for Eating Tastey Animals) i think its a great idea

By: cwg

cwg — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:53:15 +0000

…nor should it (space travel) be done with the lives of animals who suffer greatly in these kind of in-humane experiments… funny how no one has even commented on that point! after all- that WAS the title of this article!

By: giovanni abatematteo

giovanni abatematteo — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:39:44 +0000

space exploration should not be set aside for the privilieged few only.

By: From Hell_of_teh

From Hell_of_teh — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:19:28 +0000

Hi — My country is destroyed inside it self !!! If u Wanna mocking sth I show U sth funny !!! Just try 2 laugh to AHMADI NEJAD !!! it's easy and fun !!!
2 better tomorrw

By: Bahramerad

Bahramerad — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:57:25 +0000

I am so happy to hear this news. I hope that they send as the first passenger The well know Iranian monkey ( Ahmadinejad ).
Thats what I call killing to birds with one stone. In this case – flying a pig up to space!

By: Bijan

Bijan — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:36:10 +0000

The neo-zionist nation have always tried to undermine Iran.
When Iran was building her Railroad system
the same nation objected then as they do now.
When Iran nationalized it's oil & gas industry
the U.S., U.K. France and the lesser puppies
called it "a threat to world peace"
They just can't see anyone else doing well!
The space over Iran By International Law belongs to Iran and nobody else.
The glory of Persia is rising once more….
Science for all

By: A Persian

A Persian — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:31:15 +0000

Hi,

… and LOL ! so they wanna "scientific" research, funny to hear that from those guys! yep too funny.

Cheer,s

PS: "Omid" doesn't mean "peace" , it means "hope".

By: Frank Glover

Frank Glover — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:04:23 +0000

"Every nation should have a space program. Its their very right to do so…."

Agreed, but…

" We have nothing to fear, but fear itself."

Sorry, while it's true that 'paranoia will destroy ya,' it's not paranoia if they really *are* out to get you. Sometimes there are very legitimate reasons for fear.

"Peaceful intentions should be supported by all."

Sure, IF that's what's really going on. But the former Soviets had no qualms about other nations understanding that if they could launch signifigant payloads into orbit, they could also lob a weapon suborbitally anywhere they wanted to…

By: Nephish777

Nephish777 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:02:03 +0000

"This Iranian rocket is fully capable of packing a small payload and then re-entering Earth's atmosphere with a high degree of accuracy, according to reports." This sure sounds like technology that could be used to build ICBMs. I don't trust Iran at all. (I live in the USA and I suspect our space program had/has military functions.) Any technology can be used for good or evil, war or peace.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:34:46 +0000

I am sure the U.S. ballistic missiles and all the nukes they have are for peace purposes only.
Its the rule of the jungle, strongest is always right.

Here is the US history after WW2. They still have the face to tell other nations what to do, it seems that the rest of the world is wrong and U.S. is always correct.

Korean War (1950–1953)
Bay of Pigs (1961)
Vietnam War (1961–1973)
Dominican Republic (1965)
Lebanon (1982–1984)
Grenada (1983)
Panama (1989)
Gulf War (1991)
Somalia (1993)
Bosnia (1994–1995)
Kosovo (1999)
Afghanistan (2001– )
Iraq War (2003– )

By: byron

byron — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:31:38 +0000

Every nation should have a space program. Its their very right to do so. We have nothing to fear, but fear itself. Peaceful intentions should be supported by all.

By: Jon Gretar

Jon Gretar — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:00:15 +0000

Dark Gnat: Look at a map…. They don't need intercontinental missiles for that. A BB gun could go that distance.

Plus the whole "wipe israel off the map" was apparently something that guy never said. Anyways he'll be gone soon. Bot Iran and the US is getting rid of their hard-liners.

By: Dark Gnat

Dark Gnat — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:47:53 +0000

I'm sure their ballistic missiles and space programs have absolutley nothing to do with their goal to "wipe israel off the map".