02-28-2020, 07:04 AM
Explanation: In a few weeks time it will be 11 years since SpaceBat flew into history and time immemorial ...
ST-119#Bat_stowaway
Personal Disclosure: R.I.P. SpaceBat!!! You aimed for the stars! Bravo!
ST-119#Bat_stowaway
Quote:Bat stowaway
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.
![[Image: 220px-STS-119_bat.jpg]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:STS-119_bat.jpg)
Personal Disclosure: R.I.P. SpaceBat!!! You aimed for the stars! Bravo!
OL at beez - "Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, it's a straw, you see? Watch it. Now my straw reaches across the room and starts to drink your milkshake. I... drink... your... milkshake. I drink it up!"
Do not engage in useless activity ... and ... from one thing, know many things!
Think Globally, Act Locally, Feel Internally ... Wash, Rinse, Dry and Repeat!
It's Just A Ride!
Do not engage in useless activity ... and ... from one thing, know many things!
Think Globally, Act Locally, Feel Internally ... Wash, Rinse, Dry and Repeat!
It's Just A Ride!