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>>Space explorers between the lines.
Three, two, one, go!
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>>What I really like about this is just seeing
that passion that all the kids exhibit.
This is a great program, and NASA is very
proud to be a sponsor of FIRST.
I just love what it does for the kids for
developing the next generation of STEM students.
>>I'm sure these are gonna be future employees
of NASA and other organizations, I have no
doubt that they're gonna have many incredible
opportunities.
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>>Just feel the energy in this room right here.
This is why I do this.
You know, there's a lot of design and engineering
and math and science that go into getting
to this point, to this energy.
But this is just a game that really exhibits
all of the hard work and mathematics and engineering
that ultimately will pay off someday for places
like NASA.
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>>The true objective is to generate the enthusiasm
to try to instill into the younger generation
what the importance is of science and technology.
>>These kids are truly amazing.
The amount of effort and time that they've invested
into the robots; we come to help out but we
leave inspired.
>>Although it's a game, there is a lot of engineering
skill that's learned, and industrial techniques,
and manufacturing techniques that can be brought
to bare all across the aerospace community.
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