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We Salute You, Space-Bat (and Beavo is awesome)
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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.
Courtesy of Beavo
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not fair
He's going home.
in our hearts
he's fucking bitches and splitting skulls in Valhalla
To the moon.
Why do the good die young?
Yes, vampires are from space.
This is the plot of Boktai.
Burnin' out his fuse out here alone!
Only replace Starman with Space-Bat.
They're building an army up there
I'm thinking more along the lines of this:
http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=17&issue=11
Don't know when I'll be back again.
Oh God
I can't take it
the tears
I believe I can fly...
Beware the Ides of Space-Bat.
DUDE
What's up
Like a bat outta hell, I'll be gone gone gone!!
I'll tell you whats down. Bat sex thats whats down.