Middle East Focus: Will Iranians Beat Newt and Callista Gingrich to the Moon?…………..

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Will Iranians Beat Newt and Callista Gingrich to the Moon?…………..

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“Iran plans to launch heavy satellites into orbit and is setting up a new launch base to put such types of satellites, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said. Vahidi said Thursday that the base will be used to launch one-ton satellites into an orbit of 1,000 kilometers. He said that among Iran's next year plans was the launch of Tolou (Rise) and Fajr (Dawn) satellites into orbit. Vahidi also said that Iran is planning to launch satellites into orbits of up to 36,000 kilometers next year. Last Friday, Iran successfully sent Navid-e Elm-o Sana'at (Promise of Science and Industry) satellite into orbit. The 50-kilogram orbiter lifted off into space with an orbital angle of 55 degrees on the Iranian-made Safir satellite-carrier………”

Apparently the Iranian space program is proceeding in spite of the tightening Western sanctions. Who knows: once President and First Lady Newt and Callista Gingrich land on the moon, they may not find the Chinese waiting for them. They may run into an Iranian ayatollah with a Quran and an Iranian flag.
Enough to give an aging Catholic convert-for-love an infarct. Unless the Western sanctions decimate their space program long before then.
Cheers
mhg

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