it s worth noting that it s an incredibly large leap between a mouse in space and nuke in new york. and if they were closer to that research rocket being a real piece of getting them closer to that, they would have put a monkey on it. they would have you know, that s a pretty big leap to make. half the not a question of the pay load but can you achieve orbit? it is very much a size of the pay load. it s a technological. it s a ginormous gap. [ laughter ] bret: let s quickly talk about what we heard from the intelligence director this week on capitol hill saying tehran is keeping the option open to develop nuclear weapons, but we don t know if iran will decide to build a nuclear weapon. this is different than what we have heard from the president before. right. he had said he wasn t going to weigh in on whether they have a nuclear weapons program, which i thought was somewhat intentioned with what the president said back in september when he announced the secret iranian
obviously a provocative act, but the president believes that it s not too late for iran to do the right thing, come to the table with the international community and live up to its international obligations. bret: well, iran today blasted a research rocket into space. that rocket contained a mouse, two turtles and a can of worms. but it was really the duel use prospect of this that raised some eyebrows in the intelligence community here in the u.s. what about iran and where we are and where we are going. we are back with the panel, charles? there has been a lot of activity and it all has to do with a week from tomorrow is the anniversary of the revolution. opposition leaders have called for huge demonstrations. you are getting activity by the iranian dictatorship, a the launch to get national support at home but also to intimidate us. put a mouse into space, it could put a nuke in new york in principle. secondly they hang nine demonstrators i think this week from the previous prote
he noted that similar decisions by previous administrations of both parties were not criticized. iran today saying it successfully launched a research rocket carrying two turtles, a mouse and worms into space. it also unveiled models of a new rocket and three new satellites. iran s space program has worried western powers. they fear the technology will one day be used to deliver nuclear warheads. and this is your favorite. look at what nasa spotted for the first time with a little bit of help from the hubble telescope. not a ufo. cylons. doesn t look like a ufo, a cosmic collision of two asteroids according to scientists. they say it was traveling five times faster than a rifle bullet. that s what they want you to think. mm-hmm. cylons. i think 3-d special effects for the new avatar. yeah. yeah. um. all right. the shot. have you seen the shot, kiran? yes. snooki. i must admit, i have not seen this tv show yet, i have seen it on the
following a number of other important stories right now. this 360 bulletin. attorney general erric holdr defended his decision to read the christmas day bomber in federal court. the 11 senate republicans upset over abdulmutallab, he said he acted with consent of other government agencies and departments and similar decisions by previous administrations of both parties were not criticized. iran today saying it successfully launched a research rocket carrying two turtles, a mouse and worms into space. it also unveiled models of a new rocket and three new satellites. iran s space program has worried western powers. they fear the technology will one day be used to deliver nuclear war heads. and this is your favorite. look at what nasa spotted for the first time with a little bit of help from the hubble telescope. not a ufo. silons. doesn t look like a ufo, a
it s aerospace technology day, or at least that s what the guy on iranian state tv tells us. good evening. on the heels of president obama canceling trips to the moon, a show of force from iranian, the country has spent turtles into space. if you think this will open up a diplomatic can of worms, you are correct, sir. there they are. the latest in persian spacecraft technology, a ten-foot research rocket, carrying aboard some brave pioneers, a few worms, some turtles, and a rat. president ahmadinejad says he hopes human astronauts will follow and the rat has no nuclear capability. to which the rodent community replied sichuan province, china, hello. it s bring your panda to preschool day. ah! all right, enough of that. 16 not-so-giant pandas, part of this semester s class. the little guys will learn how to play, socialize, become independent while planning for that post-school ritual of mating early and often.