Egg-O-Naut

Egg-O-naut:

Here is an experiment you can do at home, create an egg-o-naut.

You will need:

• 2 Styrofoam Cups
• 4 Popsicle Sticks
• 1 Sheet of Paper
• 1 Meter of Tape
• 10 Cotton Balls
• 1 Egg

Procedure:

1. Put three cotton balls in one of the Styrofoam cups.
2. Place the egg inside the cup with cotton balls.
3. Surround the egg with 4 more cotton balls.
4. Cover the egg with about five eighths of the tape.
5. Stick the Popsicle sticks about halfway into the cup, remember to place the sticks about 90 degrees away form each other.
6. Tape the Popsicle sticks together.
7. Cut the second Styrofoam cup into quarters, LEAVE THE BOTTOM UN-CUT!!
8. Attach each piece of the cup to each Popsicle stick, use tape to stick them together.
9. Place the last three cotton balls at the bottom of the first cup.
10. Take the bottom of the second cup and tape it to the cotton balls at the bottom of the first cup.
11. Fold the paper into four, I would recommend folding it the hot dog way all four times.
12. Attach the paper around the first cup, MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T TOUCH THE WINGS!!!!
13. Drop your egg-o-naut from a high place and see if it cracks.
14. If your egg is safe, you have now become a good engineer.

Scientific Purpose:

NASA and the Soviet Space Agency have to put a lot of time and money just to build a capsule that will be able to survive the intense heat and friction when an astronaut entering Earth's atmosphere. They need to make a padding around the astronaut so he/she won't absorb a lot of impact as it lands on the ground. They also need a parachute or wings so the capsule will have a nice, soft landing and won't plummet to the ground.