Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Iran Launches Monkey Into Space
Iran successfully launched a live monkey into space last week, the government said today.
There is no independent confirmation of the achievement and there have been no announcements by Western powers of any Iranian launch late last week. The monkey was said to have returned "intact", an achievement the Iranians celebrated as an advance in a missile and space programme that has given the West and Israel cause for concern.
The monkey was said to have been sent up in a Kavoshgar rocket that climbed to a height of more than 75 miles before returning. In 2011, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled the space capsule designed to carry the live monkey into space but that attempt was reported to have failed.
At the time, Fazeli touted the launch of a large animal into space as the first step towards sending a man into space, which Tehran says is scheduled for 2020. Iran sent small animals into space - a rat, turtles and worms - aboard its Kavoshgar-3 rocket in 2010.
"Proof": An image grab from Al-Alam TV shows the Iranian flag at an unknown location flying on front of a capsule allegedly containing a live monkey which the Tehran-based channel said they sent up into space
Iran's decade-long space programme has raised alarms in the West because the same technology that allows missiles to launch satellites can be used to fire warheads. Israel, the US and others claims that Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons but the country's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, denies that. Tehran maintains that its nuclear work is nothing but peaceful.
There is no independent confirmation of the achievement and there have been no announcements by Western powers of any Iranian launch late last week. The monkey was said to have returned "intact", an achievement the Iranians celebrated as an advance in a missile and space programme that has given the West and Israel cause for concern.
The monkey was said to have been sent up in a Kavoshgar rocket that climbed to a height of more than 75 miles before returning. In 2011, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled the space capsule designed to carry the live monkey into space but that attempt was reported to have failed.
At the time, Fazeli touted the launch of a large animal into space as the first step towards sending a man into space, which Tehran says is scheduled for 2020. Iran sent small animals into space - a rat, turtles and worms - aboard its Kavoshgar-3 rocket in 2010.
"Proof": An image grab from Al-Alam TV shows the Iranian flag at an unknown location flying on front of a capsule allegedly containing a live monkey which the Tehran-based channel said they sent up into space
Iran's decade-long space programme has raised alarms in the West because the same technology that allows missiles to launch satellites can be used to fire warheads. Israel, the US and others claims that Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons but the country's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, denies that. Tehran maintains that its nuclear work is nothing but peaceful.
Rick Ross escapes death...crashes Rolls Royce
According to TMZ , Rick Ross smashed his Rolls-Royce into a building in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida early this morning while trying to escape fom a gunman who opened fire on his car. Ross was not shot during the incident nor was his girlfriend, Shateria L. Morgane who was also inside the car.
Dozens of shots were fired at the vehicle around 5AM none of which hit the Rolls. Several buildings in the area were struck by gunfire. Cops say another vehicle had pulled up next to the Rolls when someone inside opened fire on Ross' car. Ross' Rolls reportedly crashed into a building while trying to speed away from the gunfire. So far, cops have not made any arrests in connection with the shooting and have not identified any suspects. Ross was celebrating his birthday at LIV nightclub in Miami before the shooting.
Well, thank God for his life, but some of his colleagues are making light of the incidence on Twitter. Here's what 50cent tweeted after the news broke out.
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