NASA take a hitchhiker - RIP

2009-03-20 09:18:24

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FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6491|so randum

Unfortunatly on a one way ticket

lolDailyMailonline wrote:
What Brian the bat's thoughts were when he settled on the space shuttle Discovery will never be known but it is probably safe to assume that being blasted into space at 17,500mph was not among them.

The free-tailed bat stowaway had latched himself onto the shuttle's external fuel tank several hours before countdown.

Every now and then he shifted position.

Nasa officials making a final inspection before take-off at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida had hoped it would wake up and fly away before the engines ignited.

But he didn't and was seen still attached to mission STS-119 as it cleared the tower and accelerated to 17,500mph in eight minutes.

Exactly what happened to him is unclear but it is a fair assumption that he was vaporised during the climb into orbit.

'We're characterizing him as unexpected debris and he's probably still unexpected debris somewhere,' said launch director Mike Leinbach after the take-off.

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RIP Brian

Last edited by liquidat0r (2009-03-20 10:52:17)

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2009-03-20 09:23:49

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Kez: Member; +778|5694|London, UK

2009-03-20 09:24:00

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liquidat0r: wtf.; +2,223|6618|UK

inb4 "cruelty to animals"

2009-03-20 09:24:38

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FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6491|so randum

liquidat0r wrote:
inb4 "cruelty to animals"

PETA are very welcome to strap themselves to the outside of the next launch.

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2009-03-20 09:52:36

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m3thod: All kiiiiiiiiinds of gainz; +2,197|6662|UK

needs garlic

Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.

2009-03-20 09:59:56

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Stimey: +786|6111|Ontario | Canada

ahahhahaha.
that bats a hardass.

2009-03-20 10:03:54

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MysteryJake: Member; +12|6198|California

No way that bat held on long enough to get vaporized.

2009-03-20 10:09:35

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Ultrafunkula: Hector: Ding, ding, ding, ding...; +1,975|6464|6 6 4 oh, I forget

"I'm not moving!"

2009-03-20 10:12:50

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FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6491|so randum

MysteryJake wrote:
No way that bat held on long enough to get vaporized.

reckon he could. pretty hardcore our brian lad was

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2009-03-20 10:15:01

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Mr.Dooomed: Find your center.; +752|6319

MysteryJake wrote:
No way that bat held on long enough to get vaporized.

u'd be surprised. Sometimes when a bug is on my windshield, they latch on for dear life. Maybe they think, if they let go, they'll die? I think they feel the wind pushing them off as something they have to fight against by holding on. And in the bats case, well, I think at the point it couldn't hold on anymore, it was doomed anyway.

For example, imagine you latched onto the side of a bullet train, going 150+ are you going to hold on, or jump off? (I know bats have wings, etc etc but imagine it lol)

Nature is a powerful force. Those who seek to subdue nature, never do so permanently.

2009-03-20 10:16:39

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rdx-fx: ...; +955|6582

Had to be an Irish bat.

"fook ewe!! imma nah moving!! my haas"

2009-03-20 10:19:46

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FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6491|so randum

rdx-fx wrote:
Had to be an Irish bat.

"fook ewe!! imma nah moving!! my haas"

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2009-03-20 10:21:29

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FatherTed wrote:
rdx-fx wrote:
Had to be an Irish bat.

"fook ewe!! imma nah moving!! my haas"

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2009-03-20 10:29:19

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Ultrafunkula: Hector: Ding, ding, ding, ding...; +1,975|6464|6 6 4 oh, I forget

Finray wrote:
FatherTed wrote:
rdx-fx wrote:
Had to be an Irish bat.

"fook ewe!! imma nah moving!! my haas"

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