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2019-02-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Report: Fire in Iranian space center kills 3 scientists

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-02-03 09:04|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 "Development of solid fuel formula #67666 can be abandoned now for reasons that are immediately apparent..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-02-03 09:10|| 2019-02-03 09:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Oops!

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2019-02-03 09:12|| 2019-02-03 09:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Joooo Heat-Rays™

Posted by Frank G 2019-02-03 09:22|| 2019-02-03 09:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Seems suspicious. A bit unusual for people to die in an office building fire. I wonder what sort of space research hardware they were playing with.

Posted by SteveS 2019-02-03 10:05|| 2019-02-03 10:05|| Front Page Top

#5 "Only Joo (and Allah) can prevent Space Research Center fires!"

Posted by Elmush Elmuns9812 2019-02-03 10:29|| 2019-02-03 10:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Allah has chosen 3 Iranian rocket scientists for martyrdom. Don't let yourself become the 4th.

Posted by jpal 2019-02-03 12:02|| 2019-02-03 12:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Iran has a space center? I mean yeah, agency I can buy, but an actual center for space stuff?

Posted by Charles 2019-02-03 14:35|| 2019-02-03 14:35|| Front Page Top

#8 I don’t know about an actual space center, Charles, but Iran has had its eye on space for a decade. Background from a Times of Israel article on the fire published subsequent to g(r)omgoru’s (thank you for getting there first with the important bit, g(r)omgoru!):

Iran plans to launch a satellite into orbit despite US and Israeli criticism that such launches benefit its ballistic missile program, since the rockets used in the two programs depend on very similar technology.

In January, the country launched a satellite, but authorities said it failed to reach the “necessary speed” in the third stage of its launch due to a technical malfunction.

Iran had said that it planned to send two non-military satellites, Payam and Doosti, into orbit. The Payam, which means “message” in Farsi, was an imagery satellite that Iranian officials said would help with farming and other activities.

Iran, which has long said it does not seek nuclear weapons, maintains its satellite launches and rocket tests do not have a military component. Tehran also says it is not violating a United Nations resolution that only “called upon” it not to conduct such tests.

Over the past decade, Iran has sent several short-lived satellites into orbit and in 2013 claimed to have launched a monkey into space.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-02-03 14:55|| 2019-02-03 14:55|| Front Page Top

#9 ICBMs by any other name

Posted by Frank G 2019-02-03 15:31|| 2019-02-03 15:31|| Front Page Top

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