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Bat Hitches Ride On Space Shuttle, Presumably Fries

by Peter Mychalcewycz on March 20, 2009 at 01:20 PM


Bat lovers, you may find this story a bit distressing, so we apologize in advance for ruining your day.

A small, free tail bat took an awesome, but most likely fatal, flight this past Sunday when it clung to Space Shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank and refused to let go. The bat was first spotted early Sunday afternoon and, though NASA hoped it would be gone before countdown that night, infrared imagery shows that the little beast hung on past liftoff and into the early stages of flight. No one knows if the bat was an adrenaline junkie or just depressed, but we can surmise he went out in a blaze of glory.

Mr. Bat, we salute you! [From: FOXNews]


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