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I want to congratulate NASA and the crew of space shuttle Discovery on a beautiful launch today. Good luck and a successful mission.

I also wanted to know if the launch was aired on Iraqi TV? I hope it was, or will be played. It would have also been a good opportunity to have announced a joint NASA Iraqi space program, or training, so that some time in the future we could have an Iraqi astronaut flying on the shuttle and serving on the international space station. It could be a good moment to challenge Iraqi children to reach for the stars.

To keep track of the mission you can go here to watch NASA TV