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nice to see a little humor
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rich t
bf20415@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> Subject: Nasa Research
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> Apparently this is a true story ...
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> 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"
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