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(en) Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist
From
Aaron <aaron@burn.ucsd.edu>
Date
Fri, 20 Feb 1998 02:39:00 -0500
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From: Bookishcru@aol.com
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 13:27:37 EST
To: fnb-l@tao.ca
Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist
Scientists at NASA have developed a gun built specifically to launch
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. But when the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the
chicken hurtled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof
shield, smashed it to smithereens, crashed through the control
console, snapped the engineer's backrest in two and embedded itself
in the back wall of the cabin.
Horrified Britons sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment,
along with the designs of the windshield, and begged the U.S.
scientists for suggestions. NASA's response was just one sentence,
"Thaw the chicken."
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Friends & comrades,
The above item may inspire some Groucho Marxists to respond to
U.S. attocks on Iraq by firing dead chickens at U.S. embassies and
consulates and at U.S.-owned businesses. If you are so inspired, I
suggest that you DON'T follow NASA's advice. {;->}
- In solidarity,
- Aaron
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