Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that he is ready to be the first human sent into orbit by Iran’s fledgling space program, Iranian media reported.
Iran declared last week that it had successfully launched a monkey into space and retrieved it alive, which officials hailed as a major step towards their goal of sending humans into space.
The launch added to Western concerns about Iran’s space program because the same rocket technology could potentially be used to deliver a nuclear warhead on a ballistic missile.
“I am ready to be the first human to be sent to space by Iranian scientists,” Ahmadinejad said on Monday, on the sidelines of an exhibition of space achievements in Tehran, according to the Mehr news agency.
“Sending living things into space is the result of Iranian efforts and the dedication of thousands of Iranian scientists.”
Ahmadinejad is known for provocative public comments and it was unclear whether the suggestion was a serious one.
His second and final term as president ends in June, and his political star has been on the wane since he fell out with parliament early in his second term and appeared to lose the support of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
On Sunday he stood up in parliament to play a tape recording that he said provided evidence of corruption by the family of parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani, his political arch-rival and a likely frontrunner to succeed him as president. Larijani and his brother Fazel denied the accusations.
Source: THE STAR.COM
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they just sent him up last week!
He’s ready to go back up AGAIN!?!?!
Maybe next time he just stays there…..
LET HIM STAY THERE
NO USE FOR THIS HITLER DOWN HERE
maybe the US could offer to shuttle him up there for free, let him out on the moon, and leave him on the moon
This would be great that he should leave this world. But please they should make it right now without delay.
Send him up there….
Go for it; then, head to Mars.
please please do go to space! stay for a while, a real long while
he is in space no need for rockets
Let him go, and not come back.