Descon

Des-what?

Descon stands for Design Contest, and it's an online rocketry event held three or four times a year. People from all over the world enter their original rocket designs, and folks vote for their favorites. Prizes are donated by various hobby businesses and are awarded. Sometimes there's a theme or specific requirements, sometimes it's a free for all.

Mookie won it once, when she was 10 years old. I believe she's still the only kid and only female to ever take first place. In the extended entry is a photo of her posing with her prize.

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Mookie won a semi-scale kit of the British anti-radar missile ALARM, which we built together. This was taken just before its maiden flight, in 1999. She still flies it today.

Posted by: Ted at 09:03 AM

Comments

1 Ted,

is it not nice to have kids that are smarter than the president of the united states?

i have 4 kids that could all take w in a debate as well.

:-)

Posted by: coyote at February 22, 2004 07:23 PM (cfoFZ)






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