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Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist (true story)
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> Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch
> dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military
>
> 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 a high velocity.
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The idea is to simulate the frequent
> incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the
> strength of the windshields.
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> 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
> incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the
> strength of the windshields.
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> 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
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the British engineers. When the gun was fired, the
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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 backrest in two and embedded
> hurled 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
> 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: "Defrost the
chicken."
