NoKo seeks space program, vows to launch more satellites

"Boom, Zoom, right to the moon"

They're not just building democracy-destroying ballistic missiles, now North Korea's corpulent dictator Kim Jong Un wants his hermit nation to get their own space program. He is vowing to launch more satellites and says that efforts to stop their space program is "not tolerable."

It's a five-year program NoKo's main propaganda newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, announced Monday. The regime's claim is that the goals are to improve the economy and "livelihood" of North Korean residents, according to Yonhap News Agency. 

"Some countries have manipulated the U.N. sanctions resolutions against us and hindered the sovereign country's space development," the newspaper said. "It is not a tolerable act. It is a global trend that a country seeks the economic growth with the space program."

Perhaps they're planning to farm cheese on the moon to go with the grass their people are calling a vegetable on the Earth.

North Korea has made advances in the space program since fat Kim Jong Un came into power in 2011 after his father died. They launched their first satellite at the end of 2012 after giving it the old high school try since 1998.


The satellite achieved stable orbit but just kept making circles around the Earth--it couldn't transmit data because the telephone cord was too short.

Monday's announcement might signal a possible long-range rocket launch, according to Yonhap News Agency. Two new buildings near Sohae launching station were seen via satellite imagery. Some experts believe North Korea wants to launch more satellites to test its ballistic missile technology.

Kim has been described not only as a Dennis Rodman fan, but also a "micro-manager" who likes to have people around him taking notes, even if they're only doodling.

Military generals are often heard saying, "Kim is coming; quick, look busy."



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