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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 04:10 PM Original message |
Bat Hitches Ride to Space on Shuttle Discovery |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. In spite of all the horrible things that happen every minute in this world |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. My reaction as well, although in the back of my mind... |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. exactly. poor little baby. Flying free and well in the summerlands |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Deleted sub-thread |
davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Whats the difference if it died shooting into space or been eaten by an owl or hawk? |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I was making a general comment about the suffering of all creatures. |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
40. Difference is a bat shooting into space hasn't fed anything. |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. It seems to have fed the DU hunger |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:51 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. LOL n/t |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #28 |
46. Because Those Would Have Been Natural Deaths |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Yeah, like totaly man. Far out. |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is sad. |
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Agent William (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. sup? |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. On the bright side, there's still no vampires aboard the ISS |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Are you sure? Have you checked astronaut teeth recently? |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Couldn't one of these brilliant PhD's found a way to remove |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I had the same question. How hard could it have been? |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. What, exactly, would you have them do? |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. If it was such a danger, why didn't they remove it before take-off? |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. My question as well. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
61. True, little known fact... |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. I truly can't believe they took the risk |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. Nasa has always been about public image... |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. I understand the shuttle missions and why |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I think I said this in another reply |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. How, exactly, would you remove it? |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Well, since you indicated that the whole thing could have blown up |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #27 |
54. see my post #56 n/t |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Good lord, people! |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
59. We Can Send a Man to the Moon But We Can't Make a Broom With a Long Enough Handle |
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Tommy_J (668 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
48. No telling how long it held on |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
53. a free tailed bat is no bigger than your thumb and weighs the same as a nickel coin |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. Yeah, no more so than a feather weight bit of |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #60 |
78. The foam chunk weighed thousands of times more than the bat (nt) |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. THIS IS WHAT FOX DEEMS NEWS??? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Hey, there's folks in this thread all outraged at NASA over it too |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Hmm... The economy is crap... Unemployment is rising... Don't let a bat die... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 07:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Aren't priorities awesome? (nt) |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. Awww, poor guy. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. The bat had a broken wing and problematic right shoulder. It likely wasn't going to survive much |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. ......to boldly go where no bat has gone before........ |
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nikto (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Don't laugh... |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. didn't you know Dracula lives on the moon? |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. With JFK, Elvis and Hitler |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
68. And Fidel Castro... |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. personally, I was thinking of Dr. Doom and Dr. McNinja |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
20. Flash: Bat Boy spotted on space station. |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
38. With pic! |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
58. *coughs* |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. hahah |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. Sad |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
30. A cricket bat ? |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
31. It was the flight of that bat's life, no doubt - be happy |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
32. "Ride to Space"? |
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TXRAT2 (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 06:03 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. it very likely fell or was blown off by the wind force not far above the tower. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
62. Uh, no... |
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Sin (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
33. To all worried about the bat |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
64. Noooooo! Not little Timmy too.... |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. Those bastards! |
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cessnaphile (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
34. Someone should name the little fella Max Q. |
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Blandocyte (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
37. I choose to imagine |
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SylviaD (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Yes |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
65. Honestly, that's what I imagined too. |
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madibella (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
66. Yes! Yes! This has to be what happened! |
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Lost in CT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
41. It's not like it was a kitten.... |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
42. This makes me so sad for some reason. |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
45. There's A Comic Book Hero Creation Story Here |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Or a Super Villain. Just sayin. |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Astronauts Become Superheroes |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Or Rodan |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I Have To Admit |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
55. I have mixed feelings |
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flaminbats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
56. yikes.. |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
57. Future Headline: Stowaway Bat Struck Leading Wing Edge...nt |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. And that's the one that probably had a few shuttle managers |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
70. Why post this story from FAUX News? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. Why use CNN or ABC? They're every bit as bad- |
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stlsaxman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
73. Why am i reminded of the whale falling through space in The Hitchhikers Guide? |
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