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Bat Hung onto Shuttle During Liftoff (Moonbat?)
NASA ^
| 03.17.09
| Steven Siceloff
Posted on 03/17/2009 5:15:29 PM PDT by buccaneer81
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To: buccaneer81
"The animal likely perished quickly during Discovery’s climb into orbit."
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:37:42 PM PDT
by
Bean Counter
(Stout Hearts.....)
To: Bean Counter
"The animal likely perished quickly during Discovery’s climb into orbit."I'd say by the time it cleared the tower.
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:39:02 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: buccaneer81
It was not the first bat to land on a shuttle during a countdown. Previously, one of the winged creatures landed on the tank during the countdown to launch shuttle Columbia on its STS-90 mission in 1998. That animal flew away as the engines ignited.Huh. An actual, recorded instance of "flying like a bat out of Hell!"
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:39:53 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: BradyLS
That animal flew away as the engines ignited.I bet it didn't get 50 feet.
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:40:59 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: buccaneer81
I coulda dispatched it with my Daisy Red Rider BB gun...guaranteed less damage than a bat “clawing it’s way into the foam” to boot.
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:42:19 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Here's hoping the Kennedy family trust is in deep....with Madoff)
To: buccaneer81
Maybe. Probably the fastest 50 feet it ever covered, though.
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:42:55 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Bean Counter
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:43:13 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
To: buccaneer81
Alright, that’s it. We’re shutting NASA down. One bat’s life is more important than our entire space program.
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:46:14 PM PDT
by
shekkian
To: doc1019
It'd be funnier than hell if it survived and found it's way into the space station. LOL
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:47:56 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(The Occupation has begun. God help America.)
To: Bean Counter
Thats a picture of a bat out of H***. =)
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posted on
03/17/2009 5:49:03 PM PDT
by
Redcitizen
(The Death Star is the ultimate in peacekeeping.)
To: buccaneer81
These launches are hurting the endangered bat population! NASA must be shut down!
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posted on
03/17/2009 6:22:41 PM PDT
by
sazerac
To: buccaneer81; NormsRevenge
As posted by NormsRevenge on the
live thread during the launch.
A stowaway bat is seen clinging to the external tank of the space shuttle Discovery at Launch Pad 39A during a March 15, 2009 launch countdown.Credit: collectSPACE.com via NASA.
To: buccaneer81
Does that make the Shuttle a Batmobile?
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posted on
03/17/2009 6:48:02 PM PDT
by
Redcitizen
(The Death Star is the ultimate in peacekeeping.)
To: A.A. Cunningham
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posted on
03/17/2009 7:00:56 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: Redcitizen
Does that make the Shuttle a Batmobile?Well, it goes really fast and has fire coming out of the back. I guess it qualifies.
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posted on
03/17/2009 7:05:56 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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posted on
03/20/2009 2:35:13 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: buccaneer81
“Valhalla, I am coming...”
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posted on
03/20/2009 2:36:49 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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