{CaptionsBy}    InDyne, Inc.

{LastEditor}    Anita Barrett

{ScannedBy}     Seven/Still Photo Imaging

{author}        NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

{date}          09-Mar-2000

{description}   Students from high schools around the United States busily
                prepare their robots for the FIRST (For Inspiration and
                Recognition of Science and Technology) Southeast Regional
                competition March 9-11 at the KSC Visitor Complex. Teams of high
                school students are testing the limits of their imagination using
                robots they have designed, with the support of business and
                engineering professionals and corporate sponsors, to compete in a
                technological battle against other schools' robots. Of the 30
                high school teams competing at KSC, 16 are Florida teams co-
                sponsored by NASA and KSC contractors. Local high schools
                participating are Astronaut, Bayside, Cocoa Beach, Eau Gallie,
                Melbourne, Melbourne Central Catholic, Palm Bay, Rockledge,
                Satellite, and Titusville.

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{number}        KSC-00PP-0318

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{title}         Teams begin their preparations for the FIRST competition

{type}          Image

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