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Space Shuttle Hits Bird on Liftoff!
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:16 pm
by micktooth
Since this is a somewhat slow day in the tropics, how about the "dumb animal award" to the bird which got hit by a spacecraft upon liftoff. I can't even get a bird to sit still in my yard for a simple photograph!
http://ap.wwltv.com/photos/D/DN31907262158-big.jpg
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:01 pm
by coriolis
Hope it didn't knock any tiles off!
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:28 pm
by Petmom
coriolis wrote:Hope it didn't knock any tiles off!
They mentioned something about a tile earlier today...............
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8562942/
"A 1½-inch-wide bit of tile captured on camera appeared to fly off the shuttle’s belly, on the edge of a door that encloses the nose landing gear. It was not clear if the tile had been struck by anything."
IMO, MSNBC was very negative during the coverage today...........
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:39 pm
by SFloridaGirl
awww poor bird..
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:52 pm
by Wnghs2007
Yeah, not only was it probally severley injured if not killed on impact, when the space shuttle got above it, it probally got incenerated from the Rocket Boosters.
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:55 pm
by JQ Public
Actually on the news I heard they didn't know exactly where it came off of. I mean i guess it was a tile, but they called it an unknown piece of tile so i guess they didn't know its true origins.
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:40 pm
by Hurricaneman
I hope this doesnt cause problems for the shuttle
