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Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 19:57:35 EST
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Subject: British Engineering Might
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> Scientists at NASA had developed a gun whose purpose is to launch
> dead chickens at extreme velocities. No, this isn't the result of
> over-competitive engineers at the annual Goddard Chicken Toss
> (though that would be a perfectly understandable consequence.) The
> gun is used to shoot dead chickens at the windshields of airline
> jets, military jets, and the space shuttle, (while they are parked,
> that is) at that vehicle's maximum velocity it could be traveling
> while in "bird space." As such, it simulates the frequent incidents
> of collisions with airborne fowl, and therefore determine if the
> windshields were designed strong enough.
>
> British engineers, upon hearing of the gun, were eager to test the
> gun out on the windshield of their new high speed trains. However,
> upon firing the gun, the engineers watched in shock as the chicken
> shattered the windshield, smashed through the control console,
> snapped the engineer's chair backrest in two, and embedded itself
> into the back of the cabin. (Luckily, the train was unmanned at the
> time :o)
>
> Horrified, the engineers sent NASA the results of the experiment,
> along with the design of the windshield, and asked the NASA
> scientists for any suggestions.
>
> NASA sent back a one-sentence response: "Thaw the chicken first."
>
> Hope you laughed as hard as I did..... Gene,,, 65 Ocelot DSR
Actually I think they said to keep it in your Lucas freezer/refrigerator
until the day of the test.
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