Bat Hitches Ride on Space Shuttle

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Re: Bat Hitches Ride on Space Shuttle

Postby Grandpa Caver » Mar 19, 2009 4:22 pm

Steven Johnson wrote:And now for the heartwarming tribute video:

"R.I.P. SpaceBat"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibq2IwznCgc


Very well done video! Aw dang, I must have something in my eye, I'll (sniff) have to go now.
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Re: Bat Hitches Ride on Space Shuttle

Postby Cheryl Jones » Mar 19, 2009 7:11 pm

:clap: :bananabat: :patriotic:
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Re: Bat Hitches Ride on Space Shuttle

Postby Cheryl Jones » Mar 19, 2009 10:40 pm

Space bat trivia:

A bat clung to the external tank on the launch of STS-72 (Endeavor mission) in 1996.(http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/09 ... waway.html)

Koichi Wakata of Japan was aboard both this current flight and that one, making him the first astronaut known to have shared two launches with bats. :bananabat: :patriotic:

The bat on STS-72 escaped before launch.
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Re: Bat Hitches Ride on Space Shuttle

Postby Ralph E. Powers » Mar 20, 2009 9:44 am

Steven Johnson wrote:And now for the heartwarming tribute video:

"R.I.P. SpaceBat"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibq2IwznCgc


*sniff...sniff* what's that smell?... *sniff-sniff*... Oh boy... it's hollywood... gonna make a Pixar movie of a bat going into space. Can you see it?
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Re: Bat Hitches Ride on Space Shuttle

Postby KD5NRH » May 3, 2009 4:36 am

Cheryl Jones wrote:The bat on STS-72 escaped before launch.


"On STS-72 there was a bat, but it flew away during launch," Curie said, referring to the 1996 flight of the shuttle Endeavour. That bat did not harm the shuttle at all.


But still, you'd think they'd have more precautions against those tile-foam-and-liquid-hydrogen-eating bats.
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