Mark Rober, an engineer who worked at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), wanted to drop an egg safely from the highest point possibleBecause the buildings were getting taller. To do this, she decided to launch an egg from space and documented everything on video.
The plan was to hold an egg in front of a rocket and then attach this device to a weather balloon that would go into space.. Once there, the weather balloon would release the rocket that would accelerate toward Earth breaking the speed of sound.
Also, the four fins at the back of the rocket would move it into the correct place to land on a mattress on Earth.
For the experience, Rober and his engineer friends broke the problem down into smaller steps. They began by calculating the terminal velocity of an egg. This was 75mph.
The team then ran a series of tests to see if the egg would break when hitting a mattress at that speed. They found that a mattress would protect an egg even if it was traveling faster than its terminal velocity.
The egg was protected by some heating elements to prevent it from freezing in space. Those items were designed to drop before the egg landed on Earth.
In the end, the mattress plan proved untenable, and instead Rober built a device with a parachute that could land the egg safely on Earth..
When it came time to check if his plan had worked, the suspense was palpable. However, it was successful and the egg in the intricate device was safe and sound.
The engineer, who uploaded the results on YouTube, indicated that this experiment turned out to be the most exhausting “physically, financially and mentally” of their life. (AND)
Source: Eluniverso
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