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Misuse of NASA Technology

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Posted 15 May 2005 - 07:21 PM

Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at the
windshields of airplanes, 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 pilot's backrest in two and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin, like a bolt shot from a crossbow. The horrified Brits sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs for the windshield, and begged the U.S. scientists for suggestions.

... NASA responded with a one-line memo: “Thaw the chicken.”
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