VTG 1990\'s Rocket City Robotics Team 34 Huntsville AL NASA Pin Button For Sale

VTG 1990\'s Rocket City Robotics Team 34 Huntsville AL NASA Pin Button
About the event:
Rocket City Robotics is a NASA Supported RoboticsCompetitionheld inVon Braun Center. The FRC “Rocket City Regional” is sponsored by NASA and supported by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in HuntsvilleAlabama.Nearly 1,300 high-school students on 50 teams from 10 states, Canada and the Dominican Republic will compete in a new robotics game called \"FIRST STEAMWORKS.\" Two big, mechanical airships from the bygone era when technology relied on steam power will be positioned on the competition field, and three-team alliances called \"adventure clubs\" must prepare their airships for an imaginary, long-distance race.

Teams will earn points when their robots pick up and deliver balls of \"fuel,\" toss them into their airship\'s steam boilers, retrieve and deliver gears that drive the airship\'s fanciful rotors and even climb aboard to be ready for liftoff by the end of each two-and-a-half-minute round. The robots must operate autonomously from pre-programmed instructions for the first 15 seconds, after which operators will take over to continue scoring points -- and to defend their club against the competition.

The button is in very good vintage preowned condition. There is a bit of light surface rust on the back, as is expected from a 30 year old pin. Please see photos for details.

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