RE: a summary of Future of RP Comments

From: Brock Hinzmann (bhinzmann@sric.sri.com)
Date: Wed Dec 16 1998 - 20:46:07 EET


The comments by Paul Hanna and Roger are more to the point: As more
people learn about RP, their expectations about it in their daily lives will
change.

Spielman, Roger L wrote:
>Elaine wrote:
>
>> How many of us have gotten our children or grandchildren interested in
>> using RP? Have we given them a tour, a trinket, or picture ( a one of
a
>> kind object we designed just for them) How many future engineers have
we
>> given the chance to use RP&M (stretch their imagination)? It looks
like
>> they will be the ones enjoying the fruits of our present labor since
we
>> will not change the present system.
>>
>This is a great question Elaine. I give probably 6 - 8 tours a month
for
>school kids from elementary to college. Boeing/Rocketdyne has been very
>generous to open it's doors to schools in general. The response we get
from
>the kids is fantastic. They see real parts coming out of these machines
and
>realize that their favorite toy (the computer) is capable of things
other
>than video games and word processing.
>
>I tell them that we are doing the "footwork", but they (the kids) will
be
>responsible for putting this technology into action for fabricating
hardware
>as required (long term space missions, etc). You should see their eyes
>light up. I usually end the tour by telling them to come back when they
>graduate and give me a hand.
>
>From: "Spielman, Roger L" <Roger.Spielman@West.Boeing.com>

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