Egg Drop!

GUESS WHAT!? Our egg surprisingly lived!! We were really happy because like many other egg drops, we were really gambling on it not landing on the open side (with only tape to hold the sponges and egg in). Luck was on our side though and it landed on the side of the box which created a lot of friction when it landed which helped the force to not be so sudden on the egg (otherwise it would have broken really easily). Our plan/layout for our capsule was that we used very light supplies so that our contraption would reach terminal velocity faster (as compared to a heavier contraption). However, we still needed our capsule to be durable so that it did not break (including our egg) from the impact. Our contraption was to wrap the egg in bubble wrap first, then in sponge to increase the contact time. We then put that into a box of styrofoam in order to hopefully absorb most of the shock! We placed the sponge in the middle of the box so that no matter which side (except for the opening which was only covered with a cross of tap to keep the sponge (including bubble wrap and the egg inside) it lands on, the sponge will have more time before it hits the side. The sponge would also have friction to slow it down which creates more contact time. I believe that the one thing that would have probably been a better idea was to cut a styrofoam top out to cover our open side because there was a chance that the box would land on the side that was not protected by any styrofoam which would have resulted in a dead egg :( Good thing we were lucky!