Iran launched a research rocket into space with some unusual passengers on board: a mouse, two turtles and some worms, Iranian state media and wire services reported Wednesday.
"Iranian scientists capable to conquer skies," read the headline in the English version of IRNA, a state-run news service. That was a quote from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who announced the space project and unveiled some Iranian-made satellites and the model for a light booster rocket. The occasion was Iran's National Space Technology Day, according to IRNA.
The AP version of the story quotes a Western defense analyst as suggesting the animals-in-space stunt was more a vanity project than serious scientific research. Monkeys, not worms or turtles, would be the obvious choice for a test on human life-support systems in spacecraft, the analyst said.
"Worms in space serve no purpose," the analyst, James Lewis of the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, told AP.
Iran would beg to differ. "Lauding the self-belief and self-sufficiency of the Iranian researchers and scientists, (Ahmadinejad) announced that many parts of the space satellites are fully produced inside the country. He remarked that Iran's space achievements can be considered as good lessons for other nations," IRNA wrote. As the AP story points out, Western powers watch such launches very closely because of fears that the same technology used to launch satellites and research capsules could be borrowed for intercontinental long-range missiles.
(Photo credit: IRNA)
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