Instead of steerable fins (that impart a rotation) how about 4 trim tabs perhaps 1cm wide and 2 cm high mounted, top hinged (maybe cut into) the fuselage and mounted between the now fixed fins? Individually controlled. Pushing the lower edge of one tab into the airflow would push the engine end sideways without imparting rotation.
I especially like the part where you finally realize you're trying to make a precision guided missile, and the acknowledgment that those who know.... Literally cannot help you.
This moment made me put down my phone and get help from laughing too hard, followed by a long moment wondering about "forbidden knowledge" in the US and how Mark almost accidentally discovered some.
I myself am in the space industry and I know personally what it’s like to fail, and I loved how you kept going even if you failed and persevered throughout the whole journey. Thanks for being an inspiration to all future engineers and current ones.
This is really crazy. Mark, your friends are the coolest and you are the coolest guy in CHclip. It's an admirable feat y'all have done even if it's something you didn't expect to go along your way but the egg survived!
There's no way to appreciate the time and effort required that goes into this. But nevertheless, when I see vids like this, especially from Mark, I'm completely glued to the screen and very grateful for all the work done and money well-spent. Thanks so much dude, to you and your team for your absolute TENACITY after crushing failures. You're such a blessing to the rest of us screen goons. LOVE THIS!
They were only going about supersonic (~340 m/s) and objects start to burn up around mach 5 (~1700 m/s). The egg probably heated up more from the heating implement than friction heat.
My specialty is firearms but I feel for the expert here. How many times has someone come to me with some “great idea” and then I go “that’s at least ten years in prison”
@TheAdvertisement then why doesn't it specifically say what an "arm" is? By that logic the 1st doesn't apply to written or digital works and should only apply to people speaking orally.
@Gus Sharples Sphere of influence and atmospheres are very different. What you're saying applies to the sun, which has an atmosphere that covers the solar system (memory could be hazy) and a SOI that effects neighboring systems. As far as I know Earth's magnetic field doesn't reach the moon, the Sun's does for at the inner planets (again memory hazy).
@riot Leaving the atmosphere requires reaching escape velocity, the only things on Earth with enough propulsion to do so are space rockets and some major volcanic eruptions. Orbit is essentially moving so fast you miss the ground, gas can't move that fast naturally. They "float" in the atmosphere by their weight then are pulled down by gravity.
@Howder03 It's not that it can't "break through" the atmosphere. The reason that the balloon is rising is that it is less dense than the atmosphere around it. That means that it rises, despite the fact that there is a downward force (due to gravity). When it gets to a high enough altitude, the concentration of atmospheric molecules around it will mean that the atmosphere has the same density as the balloon itself. At that point, it will stop rising, but there is no barrier. To keep moving at that point, you would need another force to overcome gravity. As there is precious little atmosphere to create a reaction force against, rockets would be the only way to go - but even then, you are not breaking through anything - there's no surface tension or anything like that.
That's awesome you accomplished it Mark & team :) And pretty cool you could talk with one of the leads at NASA on the project you worked on. I'm sure he could remind you of some things you may have been exposed to and now got a chance to dive deeper into those concepts & apply them :) Very cool~
Joe and Mark, two of my favorite guys on the entire internet working together on a crazy project. It was spectacularly entertaining to watch. Keep making more of these please! Thanks a lot! Greetings from Argentina! 🙂
What I love is the way you do hilarious videos and spend so much time without giving up. The builds are adorable, and your videos on making them brighten 23 million people's days. I also love the way you can pivot when a problem comes up, and your creative ways of solving them. Go Mark!
Absolutely, wonderfully inspirational. I've been trying to teach my kids (12, 6, 6) to embrace failure as a blessing and opportunity. I can't wait to show my daughter this video. We watch all of Mark's videos together.
Your video's always tell a great story while also being super informative and really show that one bit of failure is just another learning step in the proces of building something epic.
This is awesome. I watched the entire video smiling. It has been a long while since I have seen something this amazing. The whole journey from an idea to a final touchdown with 2 unbroken eggs is inspiring. I think I want to be an engineer to build cool stuff. 😅.
before watching this i wonder if they calculated air resistance being smaller higher up in the air (because air is thinner upwards) when they calculated terminal velocity
What an awesome video!! So many ups and downs! But we got there in the end Mark your a blessing to humanity and for you to take your knowledge and spread it to the world 🌍🌎 is a genuine godsent gift for us all! Thanks a million!
That section with Adam was hilarious, the way he pointed out that you were making a guided missile made me laugh!! So cool to be able to call someone like that too
@Gun Catto They were trying to make something that can accurately deliver a payload to a specific area. If you replace the egg with a warhead, you have a “DIY” precision-guided missile.
He said that the egg was hot and since it never went up as high as they had hoped (and so it never got as cold as they had estimated), it could be that the oven had cooked the eggs. So no omelette, but a cooked egg nonetheless. I could be way off here tho, just a guesstimate 😂
Being a prototyper myself i must tell you how much I've enjoyed watching all your completely insane nuts brilliance!!! Gave me goosebumps + big motivation for my own next inventions. Thanks a lot ... keep being crazy.
The Most Phenomenal thing about this is that this didnt feel like a youtube video, it felt like it was a documentary about a mission with such a high hill to overcome it felt impossible.
This channel is so awesome! Kids need this type of education so they can learn to 1) think, 2) accept defeats without giving up, 3) and learn how to invent and have fun. Great job! You have me thinking about STEM projects I can do with my grandchildren now. They love science and your build boxes!
Altitude reached was 100,100 feet (18.95 miles/ 30.51 kilometers). Congrats Mark : ) Since technically Outer Space actually begins at the Kármán line at 328,084 feet (62 miles / 100 kilometers), will you ever do a part 2 or another Space Drop Video? I just love these videos (BTW it doesn't have to be an egg).
The egg drop tube looks and functions hysterically like the one I made for my high school egg drop - overkill as it was just being dropped off the gym roof XD
I think the best part of this whole video is how many times the project failed. That really shows just how much perseverance and dedication Mark has to these things.
The helium voice and the giant flock of birds actually made me laugh uncontrollably. Those were the funniest things I've seen today, and I'm so glad I clicked on this video, or else I wouldn't get to see those.
Also, just curious about when you said, " this is a hot egg." Did you check to see if it was still fully uncooked? Does the experiment count if the egg gets "hard boiled"?
The best part of the whole thing is that they try again and again, this truly gives the urge of succeeding the goal. It's overall a thrill to watch this.
@barath4545 This is the biggest thing people never seem to bring up. The guy can only do this because of all of the time, money, and connections he has.
This one was a wild ride. Now go get your dang Build Box in time for Christmas and let's make some cool stuff together. crunchlabs.com
You are the best dude keep up the amazing work! 👍👍👍
heck yeah!
Instead of steerable fins (that impart a rotation) how about 4 trim tabs perhaps 1cm wide and 2 cm high mounted, top hinged (maybe cut into) the fuselage and mounted between the now fixed fins? Individually controlled. Pushing the lower edge of one tab into the airflow would push the engine end sideways without imparting rotation.
kinda keen. 5 million views in less than 10 hours wow.
Mark! You should put the eggs in acrylic and make a plaque
I especially like the part where you finally realize you're trying to make a precision guided missile, and the acknowledgment that those who know.... Literally cannot help you.
Can you answer in more detail?
If he can make it happen as precision guided missile, his networth will 10 fold.
I sure bet those ukrainians would have liked to know! No more duct taping smartphones into RC planes that are 3D printed LOL
I like it.
This moment made me put down my phone and get help from laughing too hard, followed by a long moment wondering about "forbidden knowledge" in the US and how Mark almost accidentally discovered some.
I myself am in the space industry and I know personally what it’s like to fail, and I loved how you kept going even if you failed and persevered throughout the whole journey. Thanks for being an inspiration to all future engineers and current ones.
Beam me up
Send me anywhere
Send me to the diamond planet
I’m aware that they can’t be sold I just want to see it for myself /j /lh
@Teresa McGinty Me too! Send me to Uranus!
send me to mercury
This is really crazy. Mark, your friends are the coolest and you are the coolest guy in CHclip. It's an admirable feat y'all have done even if it's something you didn't expect to go along your way but the egg survived!
There's no way to appreciate the time and effort required that goes into this. But nevertheless, when I see vids like this, especially from Mark, I'm completely glued to the screen and very grateful for all the work done and money well-spent. Thanks so much dude, to you and your team for your absolute TENACITY after crushing failures. You're such a blessing to the rest of us screen goons. LOVE THIS!
Did you or would it have been possible to hatch those eggs after launch? A true space chicken.
ive bought fertilised eggs from the shops before (in the uk). it happens.
@Robert Campbell theres nothing to suggest the eggs werent fertised. its perfectly possible that they were
This person doesn’t know how chicken eggs work. Chickens lay eggs but they have to be fertilized by the rooster to make a new chick
@Monica Wrong, i’m a chicken who was born after falling from spafe
No, that would have been impossible due to the temperature extremes they experienced.
Marks video here is a perfect example of "you don't lose, you learn"
... and if you can afford it, try again.
You haven't failed, if you dont give up.
Hello
I'm glad he included footage of his disappointment and frustration.
You lose but you learned. You don't want to lose something? then you will never learn.
Amazing! Thanks for sharing this adventure with us.
Yes our kids loved this one. One even gave a shout out to Mark in his latest video as Mark has inspired him to become an engineer.
did the egg get coocked inside or was it not hot enough to cook?
They were only going about supersonic (~340 m/s) and objects start to burn up around mach 5 (~1700 m/s). The egg probably heated up more from the heating implement than friction heat.
This is highly educational!👍👍👍🐜🐜🐜
I hope u made a fabulous omelet with these eggs
My specialty is firearms but I feel for the expert here. How many times has someone come to me with some “great idea” and then I go “that’s at least ten years in prison”
@Jadon Limoges star wars refreince
@TheAdvertisement then why doesn't it specifically say what an "arm" is? By that logic the 1st doesn't apply to written or digital works and should only apply to people speaking orally.
@Comrade Everclear No, 2A does not apply to every type of firearm.
Led me to think
Lol
Were the mini cushioning airbags @12:49 supposed to inflate?, if things went to plan?
They went out there with one single egg? Nobody thought to bring an extra?
i loved the plant vs zombie soundtrack in the video , did anyone notice it :)
It’ll be a fried egg by the time it gets to earth great way to save on electricity
I absolutely never heard of balloons being sent to space on daily basis around the world. Thanks
Most countries send them up daily, but didnt know that they all launch at about the same time globally!
This guy took the chickens egg from under it then accidentally dropped it 😢
@Gus Sharples Sphere of influence and atmospheres are very different. What you're saying applies to the sun, which has an atmosphere that covers the solar system (memory could be hazy) and a SOI that effects neighboring systems.
As far as I know Earth's magnetic field doesn't reach the moon, the Sun's does for at the inner planets (again memory hazy).
@riot Leaving the atmosphere requires reaching escape velocity, the only things on Earth with enough propulsion to do so are space rockets and some major volcanic eruptions.
Orbit is essentially moving so fast you miss the ground, gas can't move that fast naturally. They "float" in the atmosphere by their weight then are pulled down by gravity.
@Howder03 It's not that it can't "break through" the atmosphere. The reason that the balloon is rising is that it is less dense than the atmosphere around it. That means that it rises, despite the fact that there is a downward force (due to gravity). When it gets to a high enough altitude, the concentration of atmospheric molecules around it will mean that the atmosphere has the same density as the balloon itself. At that point, it will stop rising, but there is no barrier. To keep moving at that point, you would need another force to overcome gravity. As there is precious little atmosphere to create a reaction force against, rockets would be the only way to go - but even then, you are not breaking through anything - there's no surface tension or anything like that.
I really enjoyed that! Great idea.... I'd like to see more and varied balloon space missions actually.... 😎
How naive to mate the two separately build rocket halves on the morning of the launch
I love how his videos are really entertaining, but he also shows lessons with his videos too.
The fact that this was able to be edited down into 26 minutes instead of a 3 hour documentary purely for our pea sized brains is phenomenal
You guys are sooo determined… you have been with me through my whole science career… i want you to know i appreciate that… thanks 😀
I love how even after all you and your friends combined accomplishments, you all still love nerding over dropping an egg from really really high up
imagine if it was a real baby chicken inside...
Did the control egg break?
When he said the guidance system on the first prototype failed because of "a single rogue negative sign in the code"..
I felt that.
The only question is why they couldn't find that incorrect negative sign during testing if they were doing full computer simulation?
I've literally had that happen to me on a missile guidance system I was coding.
@AliSpark A If you find coding fun, might want to take it for real no?
I'm learning python
“We’ve got redundancy all over the place”
Except for the single negative sign in the code😂😂😂
Amazing. I really want to go up to space one day. Being able to see the earth from so high must be an exhilarating experience.
That's awesome you accomplished it Mark & team :) And pretty cool you could talk with one of the leads at NASA on the project you worked on. I'm sure he could remind you of some things you may have been exposed to and now got a chance to dive deeper into those concepts & apply them :) Very cool~
Joe and Mark, two of my favorite guys on the entire internet working together on a crazy project. It was spectacularly entertaining to watch. Keep making more of these please! Thanks a lot! Greetings from Argentina! 🙂
This was awesome. Not just science, but great life lessons. My child is 4. When he grows up, this is what I want him to do.
I love you calling the expert:
“Dude can you help us with this silly egg thing?”
“Um you’re trying to make a guided missile so no”
🤣
Nah fam. Just dropping an egg. Trust me bro.
@-.- please share the number. I need to talk to bryan
@grimsdespise it was visible, they censored it sometime within 24h of release.
@-.- would he put a phone number in a shot without some tape (that wont destroy the paper)?
@Bo Chapman what technology, guided missiles exist since 1943 (the v2) and the scud (1960s tech) Is the most copied guided missile in the world
What I love is the way you do hilarious videos and spend so much time without giving up. The builds are adorable, and your videos on making them brighten 23 million people's days.
I also love the way you can pivot when a problem comes up, and your creative ways of solving them. Go Mark!
Absolutely, wonderfully inspirational. I've been trying to teach my kids (12, 6, 6) to embrace failure as a blessing and opportunity. I can't wait to show my daughter this video. We watch all of Mark's videos together.
Such a great life experience! Congrat's guys.
The fact that he could drop an egg in space is epic!!
Your video's always tell a great story while also being super informative and really show that one bit of failure is just another learning step in the proces of building something epic.
Another great video, thanks! I’m curious, you mention the egg was hot from the drop, was it still raw inside or did it cook itself?
i love how honest he is with his mistakes true accountability is really refreshing
This is awesome.
I watched the entire video smiling. It has been a long while since I have seen something this amazing. The whole journey from an idea to a final touchdown with 2 unbroken eggs is inspiring. I think I want to be an engineer to build cool stuff. 😅.
I love all of the trial and error. It’s fantastic to see that everything doesn’t always go to plan.
Let's talk
he used to land things on other planets????what??!
As Warren Buffet said “The more you learn, the more you earn”. Thank you for the educating and awesome video Mark!
Incredible, amazing to watch, I felt every moment alongside you all xxxxxx
I love the effort he puts into this I was amazed at how he even got it into space for a second it’s crazy.
Did you ever get a final number on the altitude of the drop? Because for the world record books, we need that
100000 ft ×4_×223%= 110
atleast 10 feet
100 thousand feet they said
30'000 feet's
100100 feet I think
before watching this i wonder if they calculated air resistance being smaller higher up in the air (because air is thinner upwards) when they calculated terminal velocity
The jumping the birds scene was AMAZING!! You rock dude.
What an awesome video!! So many ups and downs! But we got there in the end Mark your a blessing to humanity and for you to take your knowledge and spread it to the world 🌍🌎 is a genuine godsent gift for us all! Thanks a million!
Epic, congratulations my friends! 💯💪
That section with Adam was hilarious, the way he pointed out that you were making a guided missile made me laugh!! So cool to be able to call someone like that too
@Connor Bradley 10:54
Could I get a timestamp?
Do not translate!!! ତୁମେ ଅଭିଶାପିତ କାରଣ ଯଦି ତୁମେ ଅଭିଶାପ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବ ନାହିଁ ତୁମେ ମରିବ, ଅଭିଶାପକୁ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବାର ଏକମାତ୍ର ଉପାୟ ହେଉଛି ମୋ ଚ୍ୟାନେଲକୁ ସବସ୍କ୍ରାଇବ କରିବା | .
@mdrzncan you put me in a room if i make a guided missile?
@Gun Catto They were trying to make something that can accurately deliver a payload to a specific area. If you replace the egg with a warhead, you have a “DIY” precision-guided missile.
Doubt you'll ever see this but a ball bearing swivel could solve your twisting issue. We used them a lot on fishing boats to prevent line twist.
4:30 and Mark’s scream made this whole video worthwhile. Priceless 😂
I love that he made two ways for the egg to survive, one was super engineered, the other was wrapped in bubble wrap, and they both did not crack
2 for 2! Congratulations y'all! That was awesome!
The true question is, did you make an omelet with the space eggs?
@Angie Benedek yep
@Angie Benedek Yes!
@Sandra Salóme Only one of them. The beachball egg only had stuffing insulation (no electrical parts).
He said that the egg was hot and since it never went up as high as they had hoped (and so it never got as cold as they had estimated), it could be that the oven had cooked the eggs. So no omelette, but a cooked egg nonetheless. I could be way off here tho, just a guesstimate 😂
@Sagar Sudhir Ganu yez
I really liked the build, fail, and adapt in this video, much more the life of an engineer 😀
By far the shortest 27 minute video I’ve ever seen! Time “flies” when you’re having fun!
Being a prototyper myself i must tell you how much I've enjoyed watching all your completely insane nuts brilliance!!! Gave me goosebumps + big motivation for my own next inventions. Thanks a lot ... keep being crazy.
This is so cool and silly that watching that balloon finally rise for the 4th time actually made me tear up a little lol
The Most Phenomenal thing about this is that this didnt feel like a youtube video, it felt like it was a documentary about a mission with such a high hill to overcome it felt impossible.
@A.D lay of the drugs
@Wystrix elementary school moment
@A.D Middle school moment
@Prawn hitler🐸
@Suffered, Learned & Changed hitler🐸
It’s amazing how you were just trying to make a guided missile 😂
I feel for the Expert here...means great idea💡
I love that you spent three years on this and built a rocket, but ultimately the beachball and packing peanuts worked just as well
My question. Would the egg be hot or cold landing from space?
This channel is so awesome! Kids need this type of education so they can learn to 1) think, 2) accept defeats without giving up, 3) and learn how to invent and have fun. Great job! You have me thinking about STEM projects I can do with my grandchildren now. They love science and your build boxes!
You're all a bunch of geniuses. Thanks for the ride. Lots of fun.
Altitude reached was 100,100 feet (18.95 miles/ 30.51 kilometers). Congrats Mark : )
Since technically Outer Space actually begins at the Kármán line at 328,084 feet (62 miles / 100 kilometers),
will you ever do a part 2 or another Space Drop Video? I just love these videos (BTW it doesn't have to be an egg).
Just before this video I had watched Veritasium's last video, and my conclusion is, that dropping something can be a very complicated thing. 😀
Thank you for making science fun and interesting
Keep them coming CHclip algorithm. Glad Asmongold reacted to this channel! What a great discovery!
Love how there was literally eggs without chickens sitting on them in the cube next door you could have just grabbed.
The egg drop tube looks and functions hysterically like the one I made for my high school egg drop - overkill as it was just being dropped off the gym roof XD
I think the best part of this whole video is how many times the project failed. That really shows just how much perseverance and dedication Mark has to these things.
Do not translate!!! ତୁମେ ଅଭିଶାପିତ କାରଣ ଯଦି ତୁମେ ଅଭିଶାପ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବ ନାହିଁ ତୁମେ ମରିବ, ଅଭିଶାପକୁ ଭାଙ୍ଗିବାର ଏକମାତ୍ର ଉପାୟ ହେଉଛି ମୋ ଚ୍ୟାନେଲକୁ ସବସ୍କ୍ରାଇବ କରିବା | .
Yes, also a great team working on his side.
im better than mark rober cry about it
like the rover?
thrice
Mark is the only guy who accidentally make a guided missle
Can we just take some time to appreciate the fact that this guy literally sent an egg into space?
That was amazing! Absolutely amazing!
MY BRO TOOK A CHILD- (the egg)
Was constantly expecting Mark to say "and then a bird flew into the balloon and we cried for days"
Yeah same lol
@TerraLyte NOO- (Also for some reason I thought it was September 1st lol)
@ egg
Space egg
@ I love your content 😁😁😁😁💙💙💙💙
@pink rose gurl “mattress was frozen, doesn’t count”
Mark: We cried for another few days.
The helium voice and the giant flock of birds actually made me laugh uncontrollably. Those were the funniest things I've seen today, and I'm so glad I clicked on this video, or else I wouldn't get to see those.
I liked the part he done the “simple math for an egg” and got 75mph, that calculation was really really simple
I really like to see, that no matter how many simulations and test you run in theory, the situation in real life can always be different
I would personally just boil the eggs before the launch 😅
I was way more emotionally invested in this video than I expected. 🤣
Is it just me, or did everyone miss the photoshop on the braid cable @ 22:53 ?
That's how you motivate people to pursue science 👍
Also, just curious about when you said, " this is a hot egg." Did you check to see if it was still fully uncooked? Does the experiment count if the egg gets "hard boiled"?
Smoothest transition from heartbreaking failure to a mercy plug 😂
Honey, wake up! Mark made space eggs.
This guy teaches more science than my science teacher.
That's impressive, now make a two-egg omelet with only eggs that have been in space.
Checkmate
This goes to show that integrated and end to end testing is important and engineers are notorious for ignoring this.
7:00 bro made the simulation lag
The best part of the whole thing is that they try again and again, this truly gives the urge of succeeding the goal. It's overall a thrill to watch this.
@barath4545 This is the biggest thing people never seem to bring up. The guy can only do this because of all of the time, money, and connections he has.
It doesn't count if you don't crack the egg just after extraction to prove it wasn't hard boiled.
As an engineer, why is he using freedom units rather than the metrics when he knows the majority of his audience are outside the US?
yea
The not best part is failing. Again and again.
Imagine an egg can go to space, but you can't
Amazing. So much technology for such a simple test.
Dropping an egg.
As they say... Hard work Pays off... A wonderful video indeed ❤.
Feel like it would have been easier to use a rocket to launch the egg up in space and then have come down with a balloon or something.
Mark, don't ever grow up. I love your enthusiasm and I hope you never lose that! BTW congratulations on soft landing the omelet!
I lost it when he realised he’s almost making a missile guided system
Amazing work thanks 🙏