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Subject: Nasa Research


        Apparently this is a true story ...

        Scientists at NASA have developed a gun, whose purpose it is to
        launch   dead chickens. It is used to shoot a dead chicken at
the
        windshields of   airline jets, military jets, and the space
        shuttle, at that vehicle's   maximum traveling velocity.  The
        idea being, that it will simulate the   frequent incidents of
        collisions with airborne fowl, and therefore determine if the
        windshields are 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 the firing of the
        gun, the   engineers watched in shock as the chicken shattered
        the windshield,   smashed through the control console, snapped
        the engineer's backrest in   two, and embedded itself in the
        back wall of the cabin.  Horrified, the   engineers sent NASA
        the results of the experiment, along with the designs   of the
        windshield,  and asked the NASA scientists for any suggestions.
         The NASA scientists sent back a one sentence response:

        "Thaw the chicken"