Post by Argo on Sept 5, 2005 6:07:17 GMT -5
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 hurled out of the barrel, crashed into
the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, blasted
through the control console, snapped the engineer's back-rest
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.
You're going to love this......
NASA responded with a one-line memo:
=> "Defrost the chicken."
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 hurled out of the barrel, crashed into
the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, blasted
through the control console, snapped the engineer's back-rest
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.
You're going to love this......
NASA responded with a one-line memo:
=> "Defrost the chicken."
