The space shuttle Discovery launched from Cape Canaveral on Sunday with a stowaway -a bat hanging on the outside of the external fuel tank! NASA had hoped the little guy would fly away before launch, but he held on, even after the engines roared, and held on at least as far as observers could follow.
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On any given day, the world's fleet of ships are carrying billions of tons of ballast water with up to 7,000 different invasive species as stowaways.
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Of course he didn't actually escape into outer space; he was blown back into the rocket's flames and quickly cremated only seconds after ignition.
Here's another tribute to space bat.
http://mine.icanhascheezburger.com/view.aspx?ciid=3710781
that's one small step for a bat, a giant leap for batkind
nasa should shut down for this.
A music video tribute to Space Bat!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibq2IwznCgc