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Flying frog discovered during NASA rocket launch

by hiccup on 9/12/13, 3:25 PM with 25 comments

  • by jk4930 on 9/12/13, 3:51 PM

    Pretty much related text: "NASA’S SUCCESSFUL QUANTIFYING OF COMEDY TIMING"

    http://symftr.tumblr.com/post/5987695109/nasas-successful-qu...

  • by chiph on 9/12/13, 3:45 PM

    OK, game idea for someone: Space Frogger. Mr Toad tries to dodge orbital debris & marauding aliens on his way to Venus.
  • by asciimo on 9/12/13, 3:53 PM

    Why the heck are we launching rockets on top of a wildlife refuge? https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!q=nasa&data=!1m4!1m3!1d...
  • by joezydeco on 9/12/13, 3:54 PM

    Was the flying performed on the frog's part, or was it assisted by the 360,000 pounds of thrust coming out of the rocket?
  • by mead5432 on 9/12/13, 5:07 PM

    Best line in the caption: "...the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has an agreement with NASA to use the NASA-owned portion of Wallops Island for research and management of declining wildlife in special need of protection."

    Hope that frog wasn't one in special need.

  • by Patrick_Devine on 9/12/13, 4:05 PM

    Hopefully NASA works to make certain the launch area is clear of small critters in the future. It's really not good PR to be blasting frogs (or anything) with a few hundred thousand pounds of rocket exhaust.
  • by Achshar on 9/12/13, 3:52 PM

    How does this go with the space bat?
  • by jlebrech on 9/12/13, 3:42 PM

    what if one of it's ancestors once thought, i would like to fly like one of those things. a few generations of evolution later you have a flying frog. sadly that's not how evolution works.
  • by ArekDymalski on 9/12/13, 8:56 PM

    Looks like someone misunderstood the cooking directions for the bullfrog.