Scientists at NASA built a gun 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. Chrysler engineers
> heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their
new
> vehicles. 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 smashing it to smithereens, crashed through the
dash board snapping the driver's backrest in two and embedded itself in
the back
> wall of the cabin, like an arrow shot from a bow. Horrified the Chrysler engineers
sent NASA
> the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the
> windshield, and begged the NASA scientists for suggestions.
>
> NASA's response was just one sentence:
> "Thaw the chicken."
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