Open chat / Discovery Meets Bird / Mileron 19 years ago

Discovery Meets Bird

http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050727/BREAKINGNEWS/50727004

NASA released an image Tuesday night of Discovery striking a bird seconds after launch, according to FLORIDA TODAY news partner WKMG Local 6 News.

"It happened just as Discovery was clearing the launch pad and it is too early to tell whether that strike caused any flight safety issues," Local 6 News reporter Mike DeForest said.

The image was captured by one of more than 100 cameras photographing every angle of Discovery's launch.

"Without ever having seen these camera angles before, they don't know if debris has always shed off or if they had hit birds in the past," DeForest said. "This is their first glimpse and of course they will do inspections later this week to see if that caused any type of dangerous situation."

NASA officials are also analyzing video of a portion of Tuesday's shuttle launch "frame-by-frame" after one of several cameras aboard the craft captured what appeared to be pieces of debris separating from Discovery, according to Local 6 News.

Gilae 19 years ago

Poor birdie! He's just flying along minding his own business and then POW! Hit by a motherfuckin rocketship.

ROzbeans 19 years ago

ROFL not just a spaceship, a motherfucking spaceship.

immy 19 years ago

Yeah, but that would be a better way to go than landing on a hot electrical wire and being electrocuted or singing in a bird bath then being attacked by a silly little cat.
Ya gotta admit, in terms of being a bird, I bet it's an honorable way to go. Maybe.

drizzi 19 years ago

lol i was thinking exactly the same immy

Mai 19 years ago

You have a point there but I'm still laughing at Gilae's motherfuckin rocketship.

Jinheim 19 years ago

Ever seen the video of the bird getting hit by a baseball?

Rikr 19 years ago

Yeah that was crazy Jin.

Jinheim 19 years ago

http://www.nearlygood.com/video/bbbird.html there ya go, if you havent seen it.

Lasairduan 19 years ago

So...was that a fowl ball?

Jinheim 19 years ago

Lasairduan

So...was that a fowl ball?

nice. I literally winced IRL.

Lasairduan 19 years ago

But it could have been a balk.

balk
v. intr.

1. To stop short and refuse to go on: The bird balked when hit by the ball
2. To refuse obstinately or abruptly: The bird balked at the idea of being hit by a ball
3. The sound a bird makes in flight when being hit by a ball: *flap flap flap flap* BALK!!!!

Thank you, I'm here all week.

Mai 19 years ago

Ugh Las!!!! :P *giggles*