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ilbasso
post Mar 17 2009, 07:25 PM
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Not to mention the other biologicals aboard NASA's most recent launch, but there was a bat that tenaciously clung to the External Tank even after liftoff! [photos courtesy collectspace.com]





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post Apr 1 2009, 10:04 PM
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According to various comments on that story, this is actually an April Fools joke.
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- ilbasso   Batronaut   Mar 17 2009, 07:25 PM
- - Stu   Bat update: This from the "The Write Stuff...   Mar 17 2009, 07:40 PM
- - nprev   <moment of silence>....</> He boldly ...   Mar 18 2009, 03:27 AM
- - Stu   I can see the Disney / Danny Boyle film now... Th...   Mar 18 2009, 08:29 AM
- - PhilCo126   O.K. time to turn this topic into <cut> No ...   Mar 18 2009, 01:21 PM
- - tasp   I note bemusedly, as a non-person flying into spac...   Mar 18 2009, 01:35 PM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (tasp @ Mar 18 2009, 08:35 AM) I no...   Mar 18 2009, 02:29 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (tasp @ Mar 18 2009, 08:35 AM) Does...   Mar 18 2009, 02:48 PM
- - jmjawors   I have to admit... the picture of the bat clinging...   Mar 18 2009, 02:23 PM
- - Juramike   Uh-oh.   Mar 18 2009, 03:22 PM
- - Stu   C'mon everyone... Why so serious?   Mar 18 2009, 03:23 PM
|- - ilbasso   QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 18 2009, 10:23 AM) C...   Mar 18 2009, 04:50 PM
- - Fran Ontanaya   In Valencia, Spain, a bat in a house, tent, etc. i...   Mar 18 2009, 05:14 PM
- - imipak   I deleted something like this last night before po...   Mar 18 2009, 07:33 PM
- - Floyd   The bat story reached MSNBC and Space.com. ...   Mar 18 2009, 10:15 PM
- - ngunn   In Britain bats are protected by law, and it is il...   Mar 18 2009, 10:44 PM
- - imipak   http://www.universetoday.com/2009/04/01/na...-the-...   Apr 1 2009, 09:38 PM
- - Mongo   According to various comments on that story, this ...   Apr 1 2009, 10:04 PM

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