mr. keeton, what would you say the team's secret for success was? >> i believe the team's secrethe motivation and drive that all of these students had. we went out into the field, we i mean, they just persevered. >> andrew, katie, what got you first place?ot me interested in rocketry had to do with one of my old science teachers. he started up robotics and rocketry teams, and he reallytting interested in both robotics and rocketry. >> i got interested in rocketryeam before, and they had just -- we -- they had asked me to be on it, and i thought it was gonna to be in, so... >> so, what does a rocketry club do during the year? >> well, most teams that competen start around september. we actually have a robotics competition that is in the fall, so we're not able to start until january.oes give us a late start, once we do get started, you know, we hit the ground running. >> mr. keeton, why is rocketry important?ve that they that space is the final frontier. and we, as a human race --ivation, that drive, to want to seek out the unknown and to expand and

mr. keeton, why is rocketry important? >> well, i believe that they said it best on "star trek" -- that space is the final frontier. and we, as a human race -- we have that motivation, that drive, to want to seek out the unknown and to expand and move out from where we currently are. i really don't think it's any coincidence that back when the space race was going on in the 1950s and '60s that both westerns and science fiction were immensely popular in both film and television. both have very striking similarities between the two -- westward expansion and expanding out into space. >> andrew, what would you say to other teens who might be interested in joining a rocketry club? >> well, i say, "go for it." me, and it's not something where you think you have to be rocket-scientist material. it's something that -- especially with model rocketry, it's something for all ages. it's something that's fun and easy to do. you know, we always try to tell anybody that's interested in starting up specifically a tarc team to reach out to