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Space shuttle Discovery blasts off with bat stowaway
A bat that apparently had trouble flying instead tried to hitch a ride on the space shuttle Discovery, NASA officials said.The animal was last seen clinging on the foam of the external tank of the space shuttle moments before the Discovery launched, officials said. NASA officials had hoped the bat would fly away on its own, but admitted the bat probably died quickly during Discovery's climb into orbit.
Spacebat was daring and brave, and had that special grace, that special spirit that says, "Give me a challenge and I'll meet it with joy." He had a hunger to explore the universe and discover its truths. He wished to serve, and he did. He served all of us.
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March 22nd, 2009 - 11:55
I shed a tear for this noble voyager. :’(
March 22nd, 2009 - 12:15
BYE SPACEBAT, I WILL MISS OUR INDEPTH CHATS ON PHILOSOPHY!
March 22nd, 2009 - 12:44
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March 22nd, 2009 - 14:51
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March 22nd, 2009 - 15:04
I didn’t think he would go through with it…oh my god i feel like puking.
March 22nd, 2009 - 15:10
We shall never know his like again.
March 22nd, 2009 - 15:16
Good night, sweet prince.
March 22nd, 2009 - 15:53
I’ve got faith. Faith of the heart.
March 22nd, 2009 - 16:01
let us come together to pay our respect to the one who flew so high he burned away….
…you will remain in our thoughts and prayers.
March 22nd, 2009 - 16:40
NOOOOOOO
March 22nd, 2009 - 16:48
He is off to Valhalla
March 22nd, 2009 - 17:17
Odin be praised.
March 22nd, 2009 - 17:47
So take these broken wings
And learn to fly again, learn to live so free
When we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up and let us in
Take these broken wings
You’ve got to learn to fly, learn to live and love so free
When we hear the voices sing
The book of love will open up for us and let us in
RIP hero.
March 22nd, 2009 - 17:52
He was a modern day Icarus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmBaCVYpORo
Fly as high as the sun buddy, as high as the sun.
March 22nd, 2009 - 18:45
He’s sucking the blood of the angels in heaven now.
March 22nd, 2009 - 19:40
I remember the times we had together, me and Spacebat…
Now he’s gone. ;-;
March 22nd, 2009 - 20:18
Nobody can ever win as much as Crizum linking Mr. Mister to the broken wing. Nobody but space bat.
March 22nd, 2009 - 20:40
S is for space, the final frontier,
P is this poem, I wish he could hear.
A is for astronaut, his ultimate goal,
C is for cruel, for his life they stole.
E is for eager, you should have seen his face!
B is for bravery, our little man in space.
A is for always, we’ll never forget,
T is for tears, I’m not done crying yet.
I miss you Spacebat, I love you.
March 22nd, 2009 - 21:19
the poems are too much
March 22nd, 2009 - 21:56
I have tears to my eyes :’(
March 22nd, 2009 - 22:14
I’m glad he’s dead. Yeah that’s right. I said it.
March 22nd, 2009 - 23:40
Tomwp, that was the most beautiful poem I have ever read.
March 23rd, 2009 - 09:04
I laughed and cried and peed my pants.
March 24th, 2009 - 06:55
I peed my pants until I laughed then i cried
March 24th, 2009 - 16:56
How does everyone know it’s a “he”?
March 28th, 2009 - 02:57
“Infrared imagery shows he was alive and not frozen like many would think … Liftoff imagery analysis confirmed that he held on until at least the vehicle cleared [the] tower before we lost sight of him.”
Thank god for liftoff imagery analysis..