Engineering Challenge: Egg Drop Payload Recovery
Event Date:
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Event Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Event Webpage:
Event Description:
Assemble a team of family or friends and accept the challenge! Discuss a challenge Wallops’ engineers solve every day, then work together with your team to overcome a similar type of engineering challenge. This weeks engineering challenge will be all about saving an egg when it's dropped from the observation deck of the Visitor Center. Recommended for ages 6 and up. (60 minutes)
Event Type:
Educational
Hands-on Activities
Lecture / Talk
Open to the General Public?:
Yes
Topic:
Space Technology
Event Location:
NASA Wallops Flight Facility - Visitor Center
Bldg. J-17
Wallops Island, Virginia 23337United States
Additional Comments:
We were originally scheduled to do Water Bottle Rockets but due to aircraft operations we were unable to get clearance to launch so we did an alternate engineering challenge instead.