Iran claims it sent animals into space

[SG-17]

Why turtles?

 

[f35acepilot]

Why turtles?

Most likely they just grabbed whatever animals were nearby and stuffed them into a rocket.

 

[Winner]

Most likely they just grabbed whatever animals were nearby and stuffed them into a rocket.

Nah, they crawled into the rocket themselves and the technicians just forgot to check it before the start...

They're a signatory to the NPT, so it's redundant. Additionally, their supreme cleric has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons. If they're not fundies, then they might be trying to violate the NPT, though. Lots of people think they're fundies, however.

I hope you're not that naive to believe that fundies can't also be hypocrites.

 

[GenMarshall]

They must have photoshopped the images.

 

[Formaldehyde]

If this is true, congratulations Iran.

Indeed. Perhaps they can help take up the slack sending the next manned mission to the moon and beyond.

Why turtles?

Why not?

 

[emzie]

Sending animals into space isn't too impressive. Worms? I'm pretty sure every space program has accomplished that accidentally. NASA sent a bat not too long ago!

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts119/launchbat.html

spacebat

Sending animals into space that survive reentry is a different matter.