1 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:04,351 It's called seven Minutes of Terror , 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:06,647 the time it took for the Mars rover to 3 00:00:06,647 --> 00:00:08,758 enter the Martian atmosphere and land 4 00:00:08,758 --> 00:00:10,702 safely without a signal from Earth 5 00:00:10,702 --> 00:00:12,591 because it takes 14 minutes for a 6 00:00:12,591 --> 00:00:14,758 transmission to reach the Red Planet . 7 00:00:14,758 --> 00:00:16,758 And it's the basis for the wall . A 8 00:00:16,758 --> 00:00:18,702 wall of District's annual outreach 9 00:00:18,702 --> 00:00:18,040 events surrounding this year's 10 00:00:18,050 --> 00:00:20,161 Engineers Week , which has taken on a 11 00:00:20,161 --> 00:00:22,272 different twist during the Cove in 19 12 00:00:22,272 --> 00:00:24,383 Pandemic as the judges couldn't be in 13 00:00:24,383 --> 00:00:26,606 the same room as the event that was the 14 00:00:26,606 --> 00:00:28,980 biggest challenge , is trying to find 15 00:00:28,980 --> 00:00:30,820 an activity that we could judge 16 00:00:30,820 --> 00:00:32,630 virtually and then come up with 17 00:00:32,630 --> 00:00:35,580 criteria that would make it competitive . 18 00:00:35,590 --> 00:00:37,701 The team at Walla Walla district came 19 00:00:37,701 --> 00:00:39,590 up with the idea of mimicking the 20 00:00:39,590 --> 00:00:41,757 problem NASA has in landing spacecraft 21 00:00:41,757 --> 00:00:45,070 safely on Mars . Using a plastic cup 22 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,330 and a ping pong ball , students will 23 00:00:48,330 --> 00:00:50,552 need to be able to design a system that 24 00:00:50,552 --> 00:00:53,610 will keep the Ping Pong ball in the cup 25 00:00:53,620 --> 00:00:56,220 when the cup is dropped from 2 ft . 26 00:00:56,230 --> 00:00:58,286 While students can build a system to 27 00:00:58,286 --> 00:01:00,619 keep the Ping Pong ball from flying out , 28 00:01:00,619 --> 00:01:02,841 there are restrictions on what they can 29 00:01:02,841 --> 00:01:04,619 do . They're not allowed to put 30 00:01:04,619 --> 00:01:06,563 anything except the ping Pong ball 31 00:01:06,563 --> 00:01:08,563 inside of the cup , and they're not 32 00:01:08,563 --> 00:01:10,674 allowed to cover the surface like the 33 00:01:10,674 --> 00:01:12,786 top that has to be open so the Balkan 34 00:01:12,786 --> 00:01:15,150 get out . Smith also says the cup must 35 00:01:15,150 --> 00:01:16,983 maintain its physical shape . No 36 00:01:16,983 --> 00:01:19,094 crushing , no cutting or damaging the 37 00:01:19,094 --> 00:01:21,206 cup is permissible . The other design 38 00:01:21,206 --> 00:01:23,428 criteria , which has to be maintained , 39 00:01:23,428 --> 00:01:25,372 revolves around where items can be 40 00:01:25,372 --> 00:01:27,428 attached . You can Onley attached to 41 00:01:27,428 --> 00:01:30,780 the cup on the bottom surface , or like 42 00:01:30,790 --> 00:01:33,090 the upper centimeter on the outside . 43 00:01:33,100 --> 00:01:35,100 The overarching goal , according to 44 00:01:35,100 --> 00:01:37,044 organizers , is to get students to 45 00:01:37,044 --> 00:01:39,044 think about how to work out ways to 46 00:01:39,044 --> 00:01:41,100 creatively solve the problems and do 47 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:43,267 not give up . I just , you know , want 48 00:01:43,267 --> 00:01:45,267 them to understand that if they run 49 00:01:45,267 --> 00:01:47,267 into a problem , they don't have to 50 00:01:47,267 --> 00:01:50,260 walk away from it , you know they can . 51 00:01:50,740 --> 00:01:52,740 There's almost always a solution if 52 00:01:52,740 --> 00:01:54,851 there's a problem , if you think hard 53 00:01:54,851 --> 00:01:56,907 enough and sometimes the solution is 54 00:01:56,907 --> 00:01:58,796 really simple . The event will be 55 00:01:58,796 --> 00:02:00,796 taking place over a two week period 56 00:02:00,796 --> 00:02:02,907 starting on February 21st . And while 57 00:02:02,907 --> 00:02:02,340 this year's outreach experience 58 00:02:02,340 --> 00:02:04,007 presented a challenge for the 59 00:02:04,007 --> 00:02:05,896 organizer's due to the cove in 19 60 00:02:05,896 --> 00:02:08,118 restrictions , Smith says it is exactly 61 00:02:08,118 --> 00:02:10,173 what engineers do . We ran into this 62 00:02:10,173 --> 00:02:12,229 problem of Covidien . We can't go to 63 00:02:12,229 --> 00:02:14,340 the schools , and some of the schools 64 00:02:14,340 --> 00:02:16,562 are concession . Well , so what ? We're 65 00:02:16,562 --> 00:02:18,784 engineers . We solve problems . So here 66 00:02:18,784 --> 00:02:20,951 we are solving the problem . Engineers 67 00:02:20,951 --> 00:02:20,590 from the Walla Walla district will be 68 00:02:20,590 --> 00:02:23,020 utilizing online platforms to watch and 69 00:02:23,020 --> 00:02:25,187 evaluate the success of each student's 70 00:02:25,187 --> 00:02:27,131 design . For information about the 71 00:02:27,131 --> 00:02:29,353 event , Goto Wall a Wall is the website 72 00:02:29,353 --> 00:02:32,790 at www dot and w w dot uses dot army 73 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:34,911 dot mil for the U . S . Army Corps of 74 00:02:34,911 --> 00:02:36,150 Engineers Patrick Bloodgood .