Ahmadinejad says he is ready to be first Iranian in space

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Ahmadinejad says he is ready to be first Iranian in space

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ahmadinejad-says-ready-first-iranian-space-182905508.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/g0Hn7X6ilmgfs._bi3AmzA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-05T184748Z_3_CBRE9130XJH00_RTROPTP_2_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-IRAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Iran's President Ahmadinejad speaks during a media conference at Iran's embassy after he attended the Developing-8 summit in Islamabad" align="left" title="Iran's President Ahmadinejad speaks during a media conference at Iran's embassy after he attended the Developing-8 summit in Islamabad" border="0" /></a>DUBAI (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday he was 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. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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