Lessons from the Lebanese Space Program – Kasurian

Fascinating! Space programs post ~1970 are one thing, but they reached orbit by 1963! That would make them third in the world after USSR and US. I&#x27;m surprised I haven&#x27;t heard of this before - I&#x27;ll definitely be watching the documentary mentioned here, &quot;The Lebanese Rocket Society&quot;.<p>I don&#x27;t care for the writing of this article though, a bit fluffy and scant on information. And does anyone know what this is referring to?<p>&gt; The Lebanese Army and what remained of the Rocket Society would go on to launch another rocket, the Cedar-10, and western powers decisively stepped in to end Lebanon’s experiment once and for all.

&gt;&gt;&gt; The Cedar-8 rocket had nearly hit a British naval cruiser in the Mediterranean.<p>It seems they had no way to know where these things would land, or if they did, had no way to communicate to state actors of hazard zones ?<p>I&#x27;d love to know more.<p>&gt;&gt;&gt; &quot;By 1965, I realised that the Lebanese military’s interest had changed from scientific research for peaceful exploration of space, to rockets as an instrument of war.”<p>Due dilligence applies to all endeavors. Accepting VC money, or accepting government money, it still requires some work.