07-02-2020, 07:10 AM
(02-28-2020, 07:04 AM)OmegaLogos Wrote: Explanation: In a few weeks time it will be 11 years since SpaceBat flew into history and time immemorial ...
ST-119#Bat_stowaway
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Bat clinging to the External Tank.
During the countdown a bat was seen to be resting on the external tank.[22] What was originally believed to be a fruit bat was revealed to have been a free-tailed bat that clung onto the fuel tank during the launch. NASA observers had believed the bat would fly off once the shuttle started to launch, but it did not, and it was probably shaken off and incinerated by the rocket exhaust. A bat doctor, analyzing pictures, believed the bat had a broken wing which made it unable to fly off.
Personal Disclosure: R.I.P. SpaceBat!!! You aimed for the stars! Bravo!
![[Image: 220px-STS-119_bat.jpg]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:STS-119_bat.jpg)
"Bat doctor"? Specialized bat Doctors are really a thing?
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’