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Iran 'successfully sends monkey into space'
2013-01-28
Iran says it has successfully sent a monkey into space.
No, not Short Round, though it is a pleasant thought to consider...
The primate travelled in a Pishgam rocket, which reached an altitude of some 120km (75 miles) for a sub-orbital flight before "returning its shipment intact", the defence ministry said.

Iranian state TV showed images of the monkey, which was strapped into a harness, being taken to the rocket.
Posted by:tipper

#7  Barbie's monkey?
Posted by: Skidmark   2013-01-28 21:02  

#6  I agree. No pix of roasted monkey. This is not a country that understands how to return astronauts back to Earth safely.
Posted by: Raider   2013-01-28 16:56  

#5  Ham could not be reached for comment.
Posted by: Shipman   2013-01-28 16:56  

#4  No photos of the monkey being taken out of the rocket though, huh.

Where's PETA?
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2013-01-28 14:21  

#3  So, is that like, sending a Jew into space before a persian pure, or something? Because that sounds mightly unislameic and would require public hangings of all those involved.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2013-01-28 13:54  

#2  Nutjob is now an astronaut?
Posted by: john frum   2013-01-28 13:02  

#1  The sent their president into space? Did he take his wife, you know, the pig? The lions of islam are after all, sons of pigs and monkeys.
Posted by: Silentbrick - Schlumberger Squishy Mud Division   2013-01-28 12:47  

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