I once met the guy who was the program director for that thing. He led the team that built it.
I used to coach a USFIRST high School robotics team. He was involved and told a great story about the people he hired with FIRST robotics experience in high school. They knew how to work under pressure and fix problems.
As a result of his experience on the robotics team and his deep interest in space, one of my kids is three months away from graduating as an aerospace engineer.
Here’s my shameless plug. If you have a kid who’s engineering minded or likes techy stuff (geeky and proud of it), check out First Robotics (USFIRST.org)
It’s like football for geeks.
The $20,000 college scholarship for being a team member didn’t hurt either.
Congratulations to your child! Fantastic!
I went into high school completely addicted to Werner von Braun. We didn’t get a science club till senior year. I did get to grind a telescope mirror when I was 16 but, oh, today’s kids have it SO good!