Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist to solve a problem.
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 being 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 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 one-line memo: "Thaw the Chicken First!"
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 being 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 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 one-line memo: "Thaw the Chicken First!"
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