Re: space program and trains.....
Posted by Dr Brasso on
Fri Sep 22nd 2006 at 4:29am
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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 US scientists for
suggestions.
You're going to love this...
NASA responded with a one-line memo: "Defrost the chicken."
(True story, or so i hear... :razz: )
Doc B... :dodgy:
Re: space program and trains.....
Posted by Andrei on
Fri Sep 22nd 2006 at 12:00pm
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2006-09-22 12:00pm
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I think the punch-line was "Use a thawed chicken".
Funny, none the less. :biggrin:
Re: space program and trains.....
Posted by French Toast on
Fri Sep 22nd 2006 at 2:58pm
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They did this one on Mythbusters and shot a chicken clean through an airplane.
It was intense.
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As did I. I like that show.
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Hahah I saw that one coming, but its great.
