NASA.....
Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket
Scientist:
Scientists at NASA built a
gun specifically to launch dead chickens
at the windshields of airliners,
military jets and the space shuttle, all
traveling at maximum velocity. The idea
is to simulate the frequent incidents of
collisions with airborne fowl to test
the strength of the windshields.
British engineers heard about the gun
and were eager to test it on the
windshields of their new high speed
trains.
Arrangements were made, and
a gun was sent to the British engineers.
When the gun was fired, the engineers
stood shocked as the chicken hurtled out
of the barrel, crashed into the
shatterproof shield, smashed it to
smithereens, blasted through the control
console, snapped the engineer's backrest
in two and embedded itself in the back
wall of the cabin, like an arrow shot
from a bow.
The horrified Brits sent NASA the
disastrous results of the experiment,
along with the designs of the
windshield, and begged the US scientists
for suggestions.
NASA responded with a one-line
memo:
"Thaw the chicken."
