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True story, as heard on the "Late Late Show with Tom Snyder"
3/3/97:
Scientists at NASA have developed a gun for the purpose of launching dead
chickens. It is used to shoot a dead chicken at the windshield of airline
jet, military jet, or the space shuttle, at that vehicle's maximum
traveling
velocity. The idea being, that it would simulate the frequent incidents of
collisions with airborne fowl, and therefore determine if the windshields
are strong enough to endure high-speed bird strikes.
British engineers, upon hearing of the gun, were eager to test it on
the windshields of their new high-speed trains. However, upon firing 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 into the back wall of the cabin.
Horrified and puzzled, 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 brief response: "Thaw the chicken."
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