Re: NASA Builds New Secret Weapon, BRITIAN Tests Fail

["MattyQ" <matticueQ@corplink.com.au>]

And now for the REAL version (read below).

> NASA Builds New Secret Weapon, BRITISH Tests Fail
>
> Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at
> the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all
> travelling at maximum velocity.  The idea was to simulate the frequent
> incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the
> windshields.
>
> BRITISH RAIL ENGINEERS heard about the gun and were eager to test it on
the
> windshields of one of the proposed new high-speed trains.
> Arrangements were made, and a gun was sent to LONDON.
>
> When the gun was fired, ENGINEERS stood shocked as the chicken
> hurtled out  of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield,
> smashed it to pieces, blasted through the control console, snapped the
> drivers backrest in two and embedded itself in the back wall of the
> cabin, like an arrow shot from a bow.
>
> The horrified BRITISH ENGINEERS sent NASA the disastrous results of the
> experiment, along with the designs of the windshield, and begged the
> US scientists for suggestions.
>
> NASA responded with a one-line memo:
>
> THAW THE CHICKEN
>