> > > Chicken Gun > > Too funny not to share! Sometimes it does take a rocket scientist! > > Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound 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 U.S. scientists for > suggestions. > > > > NASA responded with a one-line memo -- > > > > > "Defrost the chicken." (True Story) > > > > >
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