Originally Posted by 2tirefire,Jan 31 2008, 09:31 AM

Could we possibly combine the dent day with your windshield day? My car has some serious dents that I would like abolished.

Originally Posted by drstrangelove,Jan 31 2008, 09:27 AM

I'm down for that, Toni's window looks like the moon.

Originally Posted by bcs,Jan 31 2008, 10:06 AM

I for sure need a new windshield, so I would definitely be in for this. Mine happened around Thanksgiving, and I opted to wait because of the holidays. Now I need to replace it.

So yea...if this gets going, I will be there for sure!

Originally Posted by 124Spider,Jan 31 2008, 11:08 AM

My S2000 is on at least its fifth windshield, but this one is ok so far. But we have two other cars with cracked windshields. Would this just be an S2000 thing?

Originally Posted by drstrangelove,Jan 31 2008, 11:22 AM

It's a picture of a nuclear bomb test called MET that was part of the Teapot test series in 1955.

Test: MET
Time: 19:15 15 April 1955 (GMT)
11:15 15 April 1955 (PST)
Location: Nevada Test Site (NTS), Frenchman Flats
Test Height and Type: 400 Foot Tower Shot
Yield: 22 kt


MET stands either for "Military Effects Test" or "Military Effects Tower" (according to Frank Shelton). This was a LASL test of a composite U-233/plutonium bomb core (the first test by the U.S. to use U-233) in a Mk 7 HE assembly. The 30 inch diameter spherical implosion system weighed 800 lb.

The primary purpose was to evaluate the destructive effects of nuclear explosions for military purposes. For this reason, the DOD specified that a device must be used that had a yield calibrated to within +/- 10%, and the Buster Easy device design was selected (this test gave 31 kt and used a plutonium/U-235 core). LASL weapon designers however decided to conduct a weapon design experiment with this shot, and unbeknownst to the test effect personnel substituted the untried U-233 core. The predicted yield was 33 kt. The actual 22 kt was 33% below this, seriously compromising the data collected.

Had enough??