Space Shuttle Hits Bird on Liftoff!

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Space Shuttle Hits Bird on Liftoff!

#1 Postby micktooth » Tue Jul 26, 2005 7:16 pm

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! :blowup:
http://ap.wwltv.com/photos/D/DN31907262158-big.jpg
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#2 Postby coriolis » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:01 pm

Hope it didn't knock any tiles off!
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#3 Postby Petmom » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:28 pm

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...........

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#4 Postby SFloridaGirl » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:39 pm

awww poor bird.. :cry:
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#5 Postby Wnghs2007 » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:52 pm

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.
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#6 Postby JQ Public » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:55 pm

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.
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#7 Postby Hurricaneman » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:40 pm

I hope this doesnt cause problems for the shuttle
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