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Space Bat Tribute Will Make You Cry (youtube.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-real-animal-hero dept.

KILNA writes "The bat who latched himself to the space shuttle Discovery for its recent launch has a more complex story that it would appear. This is a tribute to his struggle."

23 comments

  1. sniff, choke by strength_of_10_men · · Score: 1

    A true hero or An Hero?

    Hell, if this is Idle, I guess I can waste some karma.

    1. Re:sniff, choke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      A Hero.

    2. Re:sniff, choke by KasperMeerts · · Score: 1

      Whooooosh!!

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    3. Re:sniff, choke by 4D6963 · · Score: 1

      A /b/tard in my /.!?

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  2. Turn down the volume... by Merovign · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nice bat, horrible music. Worst TV theme song ever.

    No wonder the bat wanted to get into space.

    1. Re:Turn down the volume... by incripshin · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Whatever, man. The music is what makes the video.

    2. Re:Turn down the volume... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      couldn't agree more

  3. Space Bat did by al0ha · · Score: 1

    more with his life than you ever will! A-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah...

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  4. DCMA Takedown Notice by MrKaos · · Score: 2, Funny
    Dear , You are hereby advised that you are using Paramount copyrighted material and will be sued until all your little bat friends have no home

    Sincerely Paramount

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    1. Re:DCMA Takedown Notice by cjstaples · · Score: 1

      Yeah, they'll sue you and take your house... and then you and your bat friends will have to live in a cave! Oh, wait...

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  5. That video did make me cry... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...mainly because of that lame-assed theme song.

    Seriously, I'll tell you anything! For the love of $DEITY, please just make that music stop!

    1. Re:That video did make me cry... by mail2345 · · Score: 1

      $DEITY fries out your hearing.

      Happy?

    2. Re:That video did make me cry... by rantingkitten · · Score: 1

      Oh come on. You may not like the song, but the exploratory theme of Enterprise is totally appropriate.

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    3. Re:That video did make me cry... by JustOK · · Score: 1

      $DEITY fries out your hearing.

      Happy?

      What?

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    4. Re:That video did make me cry... by Millennium · · Score: 1

      Perhaps, but that doesn't change the fact that the only lyrics that belong in any Star Trek open start with "ahhhh AHHHHH ahh ahhh-ahhh ahh ahhh...."

  6. Yahoo Maps? by Bordgious · · Score: 0

    For shame. Google should have been used. Space Bat would have wanted it that way.

  7. He's obviously a browncoat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Take my love, take my land
    Take me where I cannot stand
    I don't care, I'm still free
    You can't take the sky from me
    Take me out to the black
    Tell them I ain't comin' back
    Burn the land and boil the sea
    You can't take the sky from me
    There's no place I can be
    Since I found Serenity
    But you can't take the sky from me...

    Shamelessly stolen...

    Thanks Joss

  8. QQ by xmousex · · Score: 1

    we love you brian

  9. did not stay in space by Gunstick · · Score: 1

    dumb bat gripped on the external fuel tank (instead of the shuttle) which is dropped and burns up in the atmosphere. Sad space story...

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    1. Re:did not stay in space by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah, it was a parabolic arc, similar to Alan Shepherd. Unfortunately the poor bat didn't have a heat shield.

  10. Failbat. by justicenfa · · Score: 0

    What do you mean this isn't a tree?

  11. Blame it on unemployment by SunSpot505 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is what you get when the unemployment rate is so high: plenty of people with free time to eulogize an anonymous flying rodent. I feel a little bad for the ignorant little chap, but was it really worth making a video about? I guess it was if the author feels better about his or herself. Still...

  12. Stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Well, that was kind of stupid, actually.