Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has bravely . The often-embattled politician spoke to the country鈥檚 official news agency, IRNA, Monday, saying “I’m ready to be the first Iranian to sacrifice myself for our country’s scientists.鈥 Ahmadinejad would join Iran鈥檚 illustrious group of space pioneers, which includes a mouse, a turtle, some worms, and, as of last Monday, .
Ahmadinejad demonstrated no awareness of the fact that a woman, Anousheh Ansari, already became the first Iranian in space in September 2006. The telecommunications entrepreneur made the aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule and became an inspiration to Iran鈥檚 oppressed female population.
Best of luck.