Iran says it will launch three orbital launches in 2019
The new colonial movement: Despite two launch failures already this year as well as U.S. opposition, Iranian officials earlier this week said that they still have plans to launch three more times in 2019.
I have no idea how seriously we should take this claim. Iranian officials have made a number of claims in recent years that proved nothing by bombast. This might be that, or not.
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The new colonial movement: Despite two launch failures already this year as well as U.S. opposition, Iranian officials earlier this week said that they still have plans to launch three more times in 2019.
I have no idea how seriously we should take this claim. Iranian officials have made a number of claims in recent years that proved nothing by bombast. This might be that, or not.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Unless it is a polar orbit, where would their expendable first stage drop? It seems like down range may be a dangerous place to be as I don’t see a water landing
If Israel does something—–
Phill O: If Israel’s peaceful effort to explore space encourages Iran to focus on peaceful space exploration instead of building missiles to kill people, wonderful. I remain very doubtful however. Nothing Iran has said or done suggests they really want to explore space peacefully, competing on the open market. For example, from the link I provide, the words of that Iranian government official:
They might say they want to launch satellites, but this official reveals their real goal: building missiles.
Sounds like Iran is gonna donate three targets for ABM system to practice on. Thank you, Tehran !