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Title: Find the hidden (or not so hidden) object
Post by: mrclose on September 13, 2013, 12:55:41 AM
This is kind of like those find the hidden objects games in the children's magazines!

(http://i39.tinypic.com/2cp9fy8.jpg)

See anything unusual?




NASA launched a Minotaur V rocket destined for the moon Friday, but it wasn’t alone.

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The photobombing frog seems to have blasted off the ground along with the LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer) spacecraft, which was launched from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. A person who noticed the photo wrote that the event took place near their hometown.

“Everyone was happy. A frog was not so lucky,” the person wrote.

If you’re wondering about the relative size of the frog compared to the rocket, LADEE is the size of a small car.

Universe Today further confirmed with NASA that the image is genuine, being taken from a remote NASA camera. What can’t be confirmed is the status of the frog — one can only hope.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/09/12/can-you-spot-the-surprise-in-this-nasa-rocket-launch-photo/




Title: Re: Find the hidden (or not so hidden) object
Post by: BlueStateSaint on September 13, 2013, 06:52:44 AM
From the New York Post:

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This frog obviously mistook a launch pad for its lily pad.
 
NASA cameras captured the amazing image of an amphibian blasting off last week at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
 
The unlucky frog found itself parked next to the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer spacecraft.
 
The launching pad sits along a wildlife refuge in Accomack County.
 
So it wasn’t a complete shock that this critter leaped into harm’s way on Pad 0B, next to the LADEE’s Minotaur V rocket.

The best line comes a couple lines later:

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It’s unknown if the frog croaked from the rocket’s blast off into orbit, orbit, orbit.

The rest is here:  http://nypost.com/2013/09/12/nasa-captures-greatest-leap-of-frogkind/
Title: Re: Find the hidden (or not so hidden) object
Post by: mrclose on September 13, 2013, 03:48:27 PM
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on September 13, 2013, 06:52:44 AM
From the New York Post:

The best line comes a couple lines later:

The rest is here:  http://nypost.com/2013/09/12/nasa-captures-greatest-leap-of-frogkind/
LOVE IT!! :rofl:

Thanks!