posted 12-09-2007 11:17 AM
At least it isn't woodpeckers again.
Super Nova New Member
Posts: 5 From: Morristown, NJ USA Registered: Jul 2007
posted 12-09-2007 12:21 PM
Ick! Glad I missed that one. I guess they will have to rewrite the words to the "Itsy Bitsy Spider". Haven't there been mosquitoes that have hitched rides into orbit? Cheers.
FFrench Member
Posts: 3161 From: San Diego Registered: Feb 2002
posted 12-09-2007 12:42 PM
It's now been driven back towards Titusville, having eaten a fuel sensor...
Rodina Member
Posts: 836 From: Lafayette, CA Registered: Oct 2001
posted 12-09-2007 05:48 PM
I, for one, welcome our new arachnid masters.
Hart Sastrowardoyo Member
Posts: 3445 From: Toms River, NJ Registered: Aug 2000
posted 12-09-2007 09:42 PM
Was Peter Parker covering the launch?
kr4mula Member
Posts: 642 From: Cinci, OH Registered: Mar 2006
posted 12-10-2007 01:53 PM
quote:Originally posted by Rodina: I, for one, welcome our new arachnid masters.
Simpsons/Kent Brockman reference noted and appreciated, especially since it was the Buzz Aldrin episode. I think he used the term "overlords" though
Safecoat Member
Posts: 93 From: Austin, TX Registered: Sep 2007
posted 12-10-2007 02:22 PM
Could be one of those Mexican Red Rumps that have been prospering in Florida since the 1970's. My son will love seeing this! He collects Tarantulas, has over 50 now and 17 scorpions too!
Scott Member
Posts: 3307 From: Houston, TX Registered: May 2001
posted 12-10-2007 03:44 PM
Gives a new meaning to "crawler"!
ColinBurgess Member
Posts: 2031 From: Sydney, Australia Registered: Sep 2003
posted 12-10-2007 04:01 PM
He wasn't chasing a Gumdrop by any chance?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
This story really appears to have legs on the Web.
James Brown Member
Posts: 1287 From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA Registered: Jun 2000
posted 12-11-2007 04:10 PM
Also on YouTube:
James
Blackarrow Member
Posts: 3118 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
posted 12-11-2007 07:51 PM
This makes my flesh crawl...I really don't like spiders! When I went to Florida in June for the STS-117 launch, I made a point of asking for a room at the Holiday Inn which wasn't on the ground floor, to reduce the chances of "something" crawling in from outside. In fact, during my week's visit to sub-tropical Florida I don't think I saw a single spider, or even a web. In contrast, by July, Northern Ireland seems to be festooned with webs and spiders measuring at least 3 inches across scuttle across our living-room floor. I feel like emigrating between late June and late October to escape the eight-legged plague.
ASCAN1984 Member
Posts: 1049 From: County Down, Nothern Ireland Registered: Feb 2002
posted 12-12-2007 03:48 PM
This is shuttle launch control and were at T minus 3 hours 11 minutes and counting. The structural test article has now arrived on site and is beginning the structural stability test.
Jay Chladek Member
Posts: 2272 From: Bellevue, NE, USA Registered: Aug 2007
posted 12-13-2007 12:05 AM
I knew NASA had a bug in the system, but I thought it was just the ECO sensors!
I wonder if this will make NASA's year end highlight reel for events of 2007 with the caption "The real reason why STS-122 was grounded".
ASCAN1984 Member
Posts: 1049 From: County Down, Nothern Ireland Registered: Feb 2002
posted 12-13-2007 04:28 AM
quote:Originally posted by Jay Chladek: "The real reason why STS-122 was grounded".
Maybe this is NASA's new spin doctor to help spin a web of lies
Rizz Member
Posts: 1208 From: Upcountry, Maui, Hawaii Registered: Mar 2002
posted 12-13-2007 02:06 PM
...or as someone else commented, maybe thats NASA's way of securing the foam to the ET.
posted 12-09-2007 08:01 AM
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