Iran plans new monkey space launch

[cronus]

http://www.newsdaily.com/world/cc52cfd2 ... ace-launch

Iran plans new monkey space launch

Iran is planning to send another live monkey into space within a month, a top space official said in remarks reported by media Sunday.

"The second live animal will be ready within a month to be sent into space," said Hamid Fazeli, deputy head of Iran's space organisation, the Jomhuri Eslami newspaper reported.

Iran in January claimed to have successfully launched a live monkey into space and to have brought it safely back to earth.

The experiment’s success was disputed, however, when a different monkey was presented to the media after the landing. An earlier attempt had failed in September 2011.

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[fishie]

I nominate Abbott. He'd look so cute in a little space suit.

[JimC]

I nominate Abbott. He'd look so cute in a little space suit.

With his budgie smugglers worn on the outside...

[Calilasseia]

I nominate Abbott. He'd look so cute in a little space suit.

With his budgie smugglers worn on the outside...

I've just enjoyed much laughter whilst looking that up. "Budgie smugglers".

Oh, and the idea of Abbott in a chimp space suit with his underpants on the outside is also hilarious.

By the way, I wasn't aware that the Iranians possessed working re-entry vehicle technology.

[cronus]

I nominate Abbott. He'd look so cute in a little space suit.

With his budgie smugglers worn on the outside...

I've just enjoyed much laughter whilst looking that up. "Budgie smugglers".

Oh, and the idea of Abbott in a chimp space suit with his underpants on the outside is also hilarious.

By the way, I wasn't aware that the Iranians possessed working re-entry vehicle technology.

Cheaper(and easier) to have learnt and nominated twin monkeys, one up and one down, this time around?

[laklak]

Maybe they can borrow Mo's winged horse.

[mistermack]

If the trip is just straight up and down, without an orbit, then it's not much more of a feat than what that balloon guy did.

There are loads of amateur rocket hobbyists who could easily build a rocket to carry a monkey straight up and down again.
Without any help from allah, or a national budget.

[Clinton Huxley]

Iranian Space Monkeys? First album was good but the second one lost them a lot of fans.

[Mysturji]

Just what we need: More Monkeyspace.