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We Salute You, Space-Bat (and Beavo is awesome)

QuestionMarkManQuestionMarkMan Registered User regular
edited March 2009 in Social Entropy++
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On a cool spring eve March 15th, 2009 a bat, crippled and wistful, clung to the Space Shuttle Discovery as it was thrust toward the great beyond. Goodbye and godspeed, my magnificent Space-bat.

At some point during the countdown, Space-bat—a Free-Tailed Chiroptera—was spotted latched to the foam of the external fuel tank, occasionally moving but never letting go. Wildlife experts deduced that he had injured his wing and shoulder, leaving him with little chance of survival.

He remained on the tank until launch. NASA's cold report?
The animal likely perished quickly during Discovery's climb into orbit.

But here's how it should have read:
Bereft of his ability to fly and with nowhere to go, a courageous bat climbed aboard our Discovery with stars in his weak little eyes. The launch commenced, and Spacebat trembled as his frail mammalian body was gently pushed skyward. For the last time, he felt the primal joy of flight; for the first, the indescribable feeling of ascending toward his dream—a place far away from piercing screeches and crowded caves, stretching forever into fathomless blackness.

Whether he was consumed in the exhaust flames or frozen solid in the stratosphere is of no concern. We know that Space-bat died, but his dream will live on in all of us.

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Courtesy of Beavo

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    :(

    not fair

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I actually find this very sad

    Grey Ghost on
  • Phil316Phil316 Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    spaaaaaaaaaccccce baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttt

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  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Fools, it's Dracula.

    He's going home.

    Jimothy on
  • KovakKovak did a lot of drugs married cher?Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    writin' a rock opera about this

    Kovak on
  • Ness445Ness445 Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Kovak wrote: »
    writin' a rock opera about this
    ::cue Meatloaf's Bat Out Of Hell::

    Ness445 on
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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited March 2009
    We are all Space Bat

    in our hearts

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  • DrIanMalcolmDrIanMalcolm Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    He was the best of us

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2009
    don't be sad for space bat

    he's fucking bitches and splitting skulls in Valhalla

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  • Vann DirasVann Diras Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    this is wonderful

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  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Jimothy wrote: »
    Fools, it's Dracula.

    He's going home.

    To the moon.

    Septus on
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  • JohnHamJohnHam Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I was really worried that this was going to be about horrible extraterrestrial bats, but now I'm just sad.

    JohnHam on
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  • KoolaidguyKoolaidguy Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Why God why?
    Why do the good die young?

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  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Fly free little guy. Fly free among the stars, gliding between the dreams of creatures everywhere.

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  • Ness445Ness445 Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Septus wrote: »
    Jimothy wrote: »
    Fools, it's Dracula.

    He's going home.

    To the moon.
    upside down moon castle.

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  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Septus wrote: »
    Jimothy wrote: »
    Fools, it's Dracula.

    He's going home.

    To the moon.

    Yes, vampires are from space.

    This is the plot of Boktai.

    Jimothy on
  • Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Rocketmaaaaaaaaaaaan!!

    Burnin' out his fuse out here alone!

    Bad-Beat on
  • Dely AppleDely Apple Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Of all the bats I knew... his soul was the... most human

    Dely Apple on
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  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2009
    this is the best thing i have ever read

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  • DichotomyDichotomy Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    godspeed

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  • Ness445Ness445 Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Bad-Beat wrote: »
    Rocketmaaaaaaaaaaaan!!

    Burnin' out his fuse out here alone!
    I had a similar thought only with David Bowie's Starman.

    Only replace Starman with Space-Bat.

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  • DrIanMalcolmDrIanMalcolm Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    NASA wrote:
    It was not the first bat to land on a shuttle during a countdown. Previously, one of the winged creatures landed on the tank during the countdown to launch shuttle Columbia on its STS-90 mission in 1998.

    They're building an army up there

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  • Dely AppleDely Apple Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Dely Apple on
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  • KusuguttaiKusuguttai __BANNED USERS regular
    edited March 2009
    Well little guy, you finally made it.

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  • WifflebatWifflebat Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Peace and long life Space Bat.

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  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Jimothy wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    Jimothy wrote: »
    Fools, it's Dracula.

    He's going home.

    To the moon.

    Yes, vampires are from space.

    This is the plot of Boktai.

    I'm thinking more along the lines of this:
    http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=17&issue=11

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  • Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I'm leeeeeeeeeavin' on a jet plaaaane.

    Don't know when I'll be back again.

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  • Ness445Ness445 Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Dely I honestly have no words.

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Dely Apple wrote: »

    Oh God

    I can't take it

    the tears

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  • JohnHamJohnHam Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Bad-Beat wrote: »
    I'm leeeeeeeeeavin' on a jet plaaaane.

    Don't know when I'll be back again.

    I believe I can fly...

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  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I motion that March 15th now and forever be known as Space Bat day. It will be a celebration of realizing dreams. Who will come forward and second this motion?

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  • DislexicDislexic Creepy Uncle Bad Touch Your local playgroundRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    oh god Dely that song, NO WHY THAT SONG

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  • OmegaTofuNinjaOmegaTofuNinja Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Godspeed, Spacebat. I will never forget how you held me that warm autumn night on my veranda in Paris, nor will I forget the look in your eyes when you told me how beautiful I was to you.

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  • Ness445Ness445 Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I motion that March 15th now and forever be known as Space Bat day. It will be a celebration of realizing dreams. Who will come forward and second this motion?
    Beware, Caesar.

    Beware the Ides of Space-Bat.

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  • JohnHamJohnHam Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    The database architecture is crumbling in sorrow

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  • KoolaidguyKoolaidguy Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Godspeed, Spacebat. I will never forget how you held me that warm autumn night on my veranda in Paris, nor will I forget the look in your eyes when you told me how beautiful I was to you.

    DUDE

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  • OmegaTofuNinjaOmegaTofuNinja Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Koolaidguy wrote: »
    Godspeed, Spacebat. I will never forget how you held me that warm autumn night on my veranda in Paris, nor will I forget the look in your eyes when you told me how beautiful I was to you.

    DUDE

    What's up

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  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited March 2009
    he was the best of bats

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  • Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Like a bat outta hell, I'll be gone when the mornin' comes'

    Like a bat outta hell, I'll be gone gone gone!!

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  • KoolaidguyKoolaidguy Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Koolaidguy wrote: »
    Godspeed, Spacebat. I will never forget how you held me that warm autumn night on my veranda in Paris, nor will I forget the look in your eyes when you told me how beautiful I was to you.

    DUDE

    What's up

    I'll tell you whats down. Bat sex thats whats down.

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