Why even conduct these kinds of tests? I mean...clearly, the plane isn't going to survive, and the crew will be killed if they haven't already ejected...so exactly what purpose is this use of our tax dollars?
In the name of SCIENCE!
>>389949Ummm.... this test was done to see if the wall of a nuclear reactor would survive an impact from a plane, not if the plane would survive an impact with a wall.
chuck yeager never fully recovered from that crash
>>389949Ummm.... this test was done to see how many tax payers it could piss off upon seeing these images. So far, the count is at one.Good job Nasa, keep 'em coming!
>>389958this
>>390095i'd rather have a couple extra pennies of my tax dollars be allocated to this then see on the news that a terrorist crashed into a nuclear plant and destroyed the east coast. not that i care about the deaths, but the ensuing war would do worse things for taxes then this unfurnished jet crashing into a wall.
PULL UP
>>389931>oh god how did this get here i am not good with airplane