[Phlyer]

NASA’s response was just three words, “Thaw the chicken.”

That's a fun story, and I wouldn't want to spoil your enjoyment. It might even be true that the Brits fired a frozen chicken, but I doubt it.

My company has a "chicken gun", too, and our requirement (which I believe is pretty standard) is that you use a 'fresh-killed' chicken so that there is no degradation of the tissues. Further, our test for a chicken always specified a 4-lb bird, so after it is killed, they weigh it and - if needed - inject water into the body until the weight is precisely 4 pounds.

Then they pack it in a fabric bag and enclose it in a sabot that just fits in the tube of the chicken gun. If the bird were frozen, it wouldn't deform to that regular, very round cylinder it takes to fit in the gun tube.

But, as I said, it's a fun story.

[I cannot think of a name]

“But, as I said, it’s a fun story.”

And not even remotely true:

1/2 m v2

Mass is Mass, Speed is Speed.