Comments on: The Discovery Bat's Fate is Confirmed

By: Eric Near Buffalo

Eric Near Buffalo — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:49:57 +0000

@ S.E. Cycloid

Everyone's missing the point here. All that ammonia perclorate burned before it has a chance at life!

By: S.E.Cycloid

S.E.Cycloid — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:48:55 +0000

I would just like to complain about all the mosquitoes and insects that are hit and burned up as the shuttle launches. Thanks for listening.

By: Eric Near Buffalo

Eric Near Buffalo — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:39:30 +0000

@ US Citizen

Ha! Yes!

Then they take that money and funnel it into the pocket of a pimp on the crappy side of town or into the bank account of a child porn site.

By: U.S. Citizen

U.S. Citizen — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:39:50 +0000

@ Eric

Yea, And also they want you to send your money to the Lord, But they give ya THEIR address, hahaha

By: dco

dco — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:01:14 +0000

How did the bat fly there in the first place if its wing was broken?

By: Eric Near Buffalo

Eric Near Buffalo — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:10:12 +0000

@ US Citizen…

Crap! Forgot about that one!!

Don't forget the televangelists either. "Come to my show for a 'nominal fee' to be enlightened with the power of God and Jesus Christ." Right. The only things being enlightened by that greedy prick's show are the wallets and purses of the 'sheeple' getting roped into their garbage.

By: Minty

Minty — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:58:23 +0000

I wish I could've been the first bat into space. Someone else always has the best ideas before me. First Google, now this.

By: Stone Cold Steve Austin

Stone Cold Steve Austin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:06:40 +0000

What?

By: U.S. Citizen

U.S. Citizen — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:43:24 +0000

@ Eric, ya forgot one though, about how the christians will save the non believers, even if they have to kill them to save their sinfull souls. Remember?

By: Eric Near Buffalo

Eric Near Buffalo — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:12:28 +0000

I really don't feel like skimming thru all of the comments to make sure, but I'm almost willing to bet that someone just had to bring up religion with this topic. Here's a statement to end all shit flinging and bickering: "God" created the Universe, the Milky Way Galaxy, the Solar System, all forms of life that have ever walked the Earth, ourselves and our animal counterparts and finally our ability to think and theorize science.

I grew up a God fearing person, but now I don't fear the idea of God's wrath for non-believers; or what conservative wacko religious types would deem "non-believers".

Nobody's perfect and I'd bet you there's twice as many conservative religious types with skeletons in their closets than supposed non-believers.

People in science have their own set of beliefs whether it be a natural creation or creation by a supreme being; possibly a mix of the two. There's no reason why it should turn into "God will smite you if you don't fear him" or "You're insane if you think this all came from spontaneous occurances."

By: U.S. Citizen

U.S. Citizen — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:31:26 +0000

I guess Rock don't read the bible much. It clearly states that "we are not to worry about our breathern on the distant lights in the night sky". I wonder why it said that? I don't know where bullwinkles' friend got His info, but I don't think it came from the bible. Science and religion does work together. Just don't think of God like the genie in aladdin, but more like mother nature of whom takes it's own sweet time to do something like evolve man or a flower from the atoms of the dust into complex carbon based life with the energy housed in the fabric of matter' vibration and quantum threads..

By: U.S. Citizen

U.S. Citizen — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:18:06 +0000

Batmobile, Bat-bike, Bat plane, Bat-boat, now we have the the Bat-shuttle. Perhaps Brian the bat was trying to tell us something. Moving on to the latest news, earlier last night, a mexican bat was seen trying to hi-jack the hub caps off the space shuttle, However the Mexican bats plans had been foiled due to the shuttle owner leaving in a hurry while listoning to the melody "Low, Low, Rider". It was said by many that the mexican bat was angery for the non payment of it federal gold marijuana and was jacking the shuttle as collateral untill payments with food stamps was paid in full. hahaha

By: U.S. Citizen

U.S. Citizen — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:35:24 +0000

This is going to be really funny if the shuttle stage comes back with a bat cryo-frozen to the tank side, to thaw out and fly away. And I don't know about his name and all, but I think when It comes to getting your butt screwed, I think the bat is taking the name "free tailed" a little to far now. hahaha

By: Mr Bill

Mr Bill — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:57:31 +0000

@Rock:

God and science do mix. Why do you think God gave us the intelligence to build machines to go into space? There are other intelligences out there and God wants us to use our God given brains to go out and find them.

By: anomymouse

anomymouse — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:51:01 +0000

The tiles should be bat traps,NASA can make money by selling 'freeze dried bats' for 100 euros each. Limit of 10000 bats per trip

By: Bojan

Bojan — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:09:15 +0000

Rock – What if I don't beleive in your God, am I still going to get to meet him ?

By: KG6YRA

KG6YRA — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:55:50 +0000

Squeeee!

By: marcellus

marcellus — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:55:29 +0000

I don't give a bat's ass.

By: kilna

kilna — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:05:06 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibq2IwznCgc

By: Luke Garratt

Luke Garratt — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:39:28 +0000

# Dave Says:
March 18th, 2009 at 7:38 am

Since we know that the controller who pushed the final ignition switch had "Dent, A" on his namebadge, I propose that we name the bat "Agrajag".
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# Peter Says:
March 18th, 2009 at 8:50 am

Dave, that was the most obtuse thing I've ever heard. Does anyone else get that?
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Read Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. Not only are they the greatest books in the world, you will understand the reference.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:33:20 +0000

Actually, they should update the mission patch. Here is a suggestion I sent to NASA

http://www.moonport.org/images/new_sts119_patch01.jpg

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:07:09 +0000

http://www.moonport.org/images/bat-in-space.jpg

Sorry, just had to make that one.

By: Davidlpf

Davidlpf — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:00:16 +0000

One small step for bat
one giant leap for batkind.

By: Slashdot Haiku Thief

Slashdot Haiku Thief — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:59:22 +0000

Little bat, clinging
I can haz space travel, please?
HOLY SHIT! Blast Off!

By: Olaf

Olaf — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:05:30 +0000

Rock, wake up man!
Your GPS and sattelite radio and sattelite TV is working because of this space exploration!

If you don't like space exploration, then please return your GPS, sattelite TV reciever and sattelite radio reciever. Don't watch any weather prediction ever again and remove Google Earth from your computer.

Your god will surely give you the weather predictions and storm warnings needed through your prayers!