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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-19-09 06:15 PM
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76. I understand the shuttle missions and why
I don't understand why the flight with the bat was not postponed until the bat was removed.

At this point in time, another shuttle disaster and NASA can kiss the shuttle missions good bye.

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

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