https://padlet.com/12480644/82w7j9gvv18g en-us 2016-09-21 18:05:44 UTC 2023-02-14 17:27:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/aws/132999512/6b8c8779755560080a2079294b23a83a/download.jpg 12480644 https://padlet.com/12480644/82w7j9gvv18g/wish/125521634 2016-09-21 18:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/12480644/82w7j9gvv18g/wish/125521634 12480644 https://padlet.com/12480644/82w7j9gvv18g/wish/125526433 2016-09-21 18:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/12480644/82w7j9gvv18g/wish/125526433 12480644 https://padlet.com/12480644/82w7j9gvv18g/wish/125528037 Our budget was $50 and we decided to get one cardboard square, one cup, two straws, four index cards, and 36 inches of tape. We spent $50 in total.]]> 2016-09-21 18:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/12480644/82w7j9gvv18g/wish/125528037 12480644 https://padlet.com/12480644/82w7j9gvv18g/wish/125529905 Our ideas were to use index cards folded like accordions for springs and shock-absorbers. Since the device always fell on its side, my team decided to move the cup to the opposite side so the pressure would be even. We put straws between the  crease of the index cards on the bottom so that the device wouldn't spring back up in the higher drops.]]> 2016-09-21 18:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/12480644/82w7j9gvv18g/wish/125529905 12480644 https://padlet.com/12480644/82w7j9gvv18g/wish/125829257 The goal of this challenge is  to design and develop a shock-absorbing system that will successfully land two astronauts on the ground. Our spacecraft must remain upright with your astronauts in their cabin as you drop your design from two feet, four feet, and six feet. You have to add a shock absorbing system to insure that your astronauts do not fall out.]]> 2016-09-22 18:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/12480644/82w7j9gvv18g/wish/125829257 12480644 https://padlet.com/12480644/82w7j9gvv18g/wish/125832371 My team made shock absorbers by folding index cards in an accordion shape so that would act like a spring and absorb most of the shock. We also made sure that when the device fell at two feet, it did not flop to the side. For two feet, our astronauts did not fall off. For four feet, one of our astronauts fell out of the cabin. The cabin also broke off. For six feet, one of the astronauts fell out of the cabin but the springs worked perfectly compared to my thoughts.]]> 2016-09-22 18:19:01 UTC https://padlet.com/12480644/82w7j9gvv18g/wish/125832371 12480644 https://padlet.com/12480644/82w7j9gvv18g/wish/125894867 Next time, we could have folded the index cards neater and used more sticky tape. We could have also use all the supplies and bought less index cards.]]> 2016-09-23 01:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/12480644/82w7j9gvv18g/wish/125894867