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I'm so glad to see Iran doing this. Not because I have any particular affinity for Iran, but because the technology will improve as competition increases and m
by daeken 14y ago
I'm so glad to see Iran doing this. Not because I have any particular affinity for Iran, but because the technology will improve as competition increases and more nations/companies take steps into space.
This may be a big step for Iran, but it's an even bigger one for the human race as a whole.
- seivan 14y agoI've seen this too often to ignore, but I have to ask, and I am sorry if it comes across a bit rude. It's just a curios question. Do you mean specie (as opposed as to what you stated: 'race')?
- jeremyswank 14y agocouple of points: in english usage 'human race' generally equates to 'human species' the singular is 'species' with an 's'. if you look it up you will find that 'specie' means something quite different (it has to do with money).
- tjmc 14y agoAre you glad to see North Korea develop its "space program" too? Yes, I know this is HN where discussions about politics are discouraged, but in this case it's bordering on farcical to ignore it. I have a lecturer in fluid mechanics who used to be an engineer on the Indian space program. He interchangeably uses the terms "satellite" and "warhead" when discussing the work he used to do. It may well be that Iran wants to develop orbital launch capability for launching satellites and people into space. But assuming that's the only reason is a little naive.
- eternauta3k 14y agoI like the occasional reminder that Iran has never started a war. And it won't unless it plans to be obliterated, so don't worry about that.
- knowaveragejoe 14y agoThat may be the case, but some of the rhetoric their leadership espouses indicates otherwise.
- mvc 14y agoAs opposed to "keep nothing off the table" America?
- redwood 14y agoIran is in a war with its own citizens and its own women especially.
- user9756 14y agoNot true. Stop lying. Are you eg familiar with the actions taken by the Iranian government which made it possible for people in rural areas to send their daughters to school? Being extremely traditional they were afraid of sending their girls all alone to school. Iran has a very high number of educated women thanks to the policies of the Iranian government. (edit: yes women still have advances to make in rights vis-a-vis men in Iranian society, but you can hardly call that "war" more than a natural struggle for power between the sexes in a society)
- EliRivers 14y ago"natural struggle for power between the sexes" There's nothing natural about such a struggle. It's cultural.
- user9756 14y agoYeah, I thought about that use of the word ("natural") after I posted, but decided not to edit it out. I agree with you that it could be cultural. But the behaviour of men wanting to control women seems to be prevalent in many societies regardless of culture.
- arethuza 14y agoI find this all a bit sad - just like the Cold War, ever step taken by each player looks completely rational from their perspective, but will we still end up in a position that is utter lunacy.
- dchichkov 14y agoI imagine that HN crowd, being very rational and diverse, have adopted world-view perspective, rather than petty nationalistic views. Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot and all that.
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