Iran successfully sends a monkey into space
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The Islamic Republic of Iran has sent a monkey into space aboard an indigenous bio-capsule as a prelude to sending humans into space. The space capsule, code-named Pishgam (Pioneer), was launched on Monday on the auspicious birthday anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). On January 15, the director of Iran Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli said because of biological similarities between humans and monkeys, the latter were selected for the space mission.
Fazeli further highlighted that the plan to send animals into the space is part of a broader project to send human beings on space missions. The ISA director stated that Iran's first manned mission to space would be launched within the next five to eight years. Elsewhere in his remarks, Fazeli said the indigenous Sharifsat satellite will be put into the orbit by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 20, 2013).
Added: Jan-28-2013 Occurred On: Jan-28-2013
By: Brunri
In: World News, Iran, Weapons, Science and Technology
Tags: iran, space, monkey
Location: Iran (load item map)
Marked as: approved, featured
Views: 38395 | Comments: 952 | Votes: 8 | Favorites: 6 | Shared: 941 | Updates: 1 | Times used in channels: 3
By: Brunri
In: World News, Iran, Weapons, Science and Technology
Tags: iran, space, monkey
Location: Iran (load item map)
Marked as: approved, featured
Views: 38395 | Comments: 952 | Votes: 8 | Favorites: 6 | Shared: 941 | Updates: 1 | Times used in channels: 3
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welcome to the sixties , iran
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByKruppStahl (36.96) 
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In the defense of Iran nor many countries have space exploration experience. To you this might not seem amazing but this is pretty damn impressive for iran.
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByDarthVantos (229.50) 
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@KruppStahl How long do you think will it take to catch up with our flying saucer technology from 1945?
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByMarbus (502.00) 
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@Sundaypro Cause they won't use dollar as their oil exchange currency
Posted Jan-28-2013 BySlovenac1981 (203.70) 
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@KruppStahl ZING!
Posted Jan-28-2013 Bydrewbehr (82.70) 
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That monkey must be saying thank fuck I am getting out this shit hole
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByJoffre Arteaga (22.50) Joffre Arteaga View Channel Send Message
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Yes Iran is one of the major leaking assholes of the planet!
Posted Jan-28-2013 Bymrgod2u (1095.00) 
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That monkey is probably more intelligent than Ahmadinejad and is definitely better looking
Posted Jan-28-2013 Bybis7112 (34.90) bis7112 View Channel Send Message
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@Joffre Arteaga its a pretty technological shit hole i would say.
Atleast its the only country in the middle east experimenting with space tech
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByJohn Partez (21.20) John Partez View Channel Send Message
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@mrgod2u Ignorant comment, there are innocent people there that aren't terrorists/extremists.
Posted Jan-29-2013 ByBioviper (64.10) 
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@Joffre Arteaga
Unfortunately they retrieved the monkey, accused it of being gay and then hung it from a crane in a small village.
Posted Jan-29-2013 ByKarl Dilkington (0.10) 
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That was my son im soo proud of him :D
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByDr_Goldenshower (33.80) 
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@Dr_Goldenshower Fucking lol.
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByEternal21 (281.20) 
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@Dr_Goldenshower LMAO
Posted Jan-28-2013 Byguns_up (-1.10) 
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@Dr_Goldenshower LOL +1
Posted Jan-29-2013 ByBioviper (64.10) 
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That's nothing, they sent a monkey to their president's office years ago
Posted Jan-28-2013 Bytapewormss (44.50) tapewormss View Channel Send Message
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That monkey is smiling because he's getting the fuck out of Iran...
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByFire37Rescue (12192.40) 
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I loled.
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByKongored (151.90) 
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a country of 25 million muslims and the only thing they could find which is clever enough to fly their rocket is a fucking monkey!!!
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByBazUK (80.02) 
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@BazUK well at least the monkey doesn't spend his time drinking and shouting Wolloh Snackbol
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByPenguinOfDeath (141.36) PenguinOfDeath View Channel Send Message
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They don't drink.
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByBannedman (182.70) 
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@Bannedman you mean the monkeys?
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByKaso_Da_Zmok (62.44) 
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@BazUK Iran has more than 70 millions population (most of them Muslims)... to be fair, UK has more than 60 millions population (many of them Muslims!) but did not even find a fucking monkey yet to send to space...
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByzAbArAkAtrAnEmIA_TheGreat (149.10) 
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your ignorant enough not to know there are over 75 million people in Iran
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByAntiPropagaanda (247.70) 
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Monkey was retrieved from the journey alive and healthy, but was later raped, stoned and beheaded by Muslims.
Posted Jan-28-2013 Bywisedumb (55.60) wisedumb View Channel Send Message
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@wisedumb Than I conclude the monkey was male.
Otherwise they also had her clitoris knifed out.
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByPicobyte (16.40) 
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@wisedumb Great comment!
Posted Jan-28-2013 Byhessianboar (38.70) 
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@wisedumb Correction. It was raped, then stoned because it got raped. Then beheaded just 'cause.
Posted Jan-31-2013 Bynano404 (12.34) 
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I wonder if that monkey got to eat any Snackbars during the mission.
Posted Jan-28-2013 Bykilla_mcgrill (29.20) 
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My thoughts exactly. 2 pictures of a monkey and a shitty non-spaceshuttle looking rocket and one newsreporter talks shit.
Why there is no video if this is a great achievement for iran? Yet, this is really not a great achievement. Spin the monkey and send him into space in a aluminum foil box. Sigh...
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByResidue (42.70) 
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Monkey was packaged by Amazon.
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByCaketaker42 (37.80) 
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Iran's calendar is currently in 1948 ......
Posted Jan-28-2013 Bymr-scorpio (364.80) mr-scorpio View Channel Send Message
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The rocket landed in Iran? That doesn't seem possible.
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByKhronic (24.00) Khronic View Channel Send Message
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Welcome to the 1940's Iran! what a wonderful achievement, you must be so proud. Keep up the good work and this time in 20 years you could have colour television.
Posted Jan-28-2013 Bycovkid (4.00) 
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@covkid They already got that, its called Allah-T & T, if you sign up for their sports package, you get 1 free month of premium Al-Jazeer movies
Posted Jan-29-2013 ByBioviper (64.10) 
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Laika yawns in her grave.
Posted Jan-28-2013 Byupettersson (5.80) 
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@upettersson you owe me a cup of coffee, cuz i spilled mine after reading ur comment...
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByPrateek Malik (243.60) 
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Congrats to cosmonaut Obama.
Posted Jan-28-2013 ByThe_Jason (90.98) 
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