Posted by Dave Lavery at 03/29/2001 2:35 PM EST
Engineer on team #116, Epsilon Delta, from Herndon High School and NASA Headquarters.
In Reply to: Watching Nationals
Posted by Ellen Cogo on 03/28/2001 3:17 PM EST:
The FIRST national competition will indeed be broadcast via both webcast and NASA TV this year, as we did last year.
The webcast will be carried during all days of the competition, from all four fields. You will be able to select which fields you want to watch by selecting the appropriate stream. To access the streams, check this web site:
http://robots.nasa.gov/
NASA TV will be carrying the broadcast live on Friday and Saturday of the competition. The Friday broadcast will be limited to 3:00-5:00pmEST, and the Saturday broadcast will be interuppted occasionally. This will be to allow coverage of the 2001 Mars Odyssey launch activities. For complete schedules, check the NASA TV web page at
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/breaking.html
By the way, if you are going to nationals, here is a special treat for you: at 11:06am EST on Saturday, walk outside the competition tents and look east. If the weather is clear, you will have a wonderful view from Orlando of the 2001 Mars Odyssey launch. For more information on the mission, and updates on the launch preparations, check
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/
-dave lavery
NASA Headquarters