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Quint Wilson, one of the original Rocket Boys from the movie October Sky was the speaker for AARG's December public outreach event. The day's events were held at the Austin Children's Museum. On Saturday morning Quint presented a overview of the real "backstory" behind October Sky from the viewpoint of someone who was there. After lunch, a make-it take-it session ran upstairs concurrent with a rocketry display in the museum rotunda.
Part of the fundraising to support the event was a dinner at La Morada restaurant where the attendees had a chance to talk with Quint.
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Quint's presentation was held in the museum audiorium for a crowd of about 45 AARG members and visitors. Because of the logistics, rockets provided by members for the display had to be stored in the auditorium until noon. Quint entertained the crowd with stories from the true adventures of the Rocket Boys, and answered many questions from audience members young and old.
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| Quint signs books | and rockets | Visitors review memorabilia
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Sven and Luis review | the display rockets Post-talk memorabilia review
| Quint shows off one of his | Rocket Boys T-Shirts |
The make-it take-it booth was extremely popular with approximately 60 rockets built in two hours by parent-child teams.
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Andrew brings some order to the chaos for beginning rocket builders
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James helps resolve the finer points for a new rocketeer
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After the talk, the rockets moved out into the museum rotunda. Visitors could view rockets of all sizes, pick up a free issue of Sport Rocketry (thanks NAR HQ), watch a rocket video, and chat with Quint Wilson.
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| Quint, Rick and David | Quint talks rockets with a visitor | A bird's eye view
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Videos of Redstones at NARAM catch attention
| Quint autographs a copy of Sport Rocketry for a visitor
| Martin, Rick, David, visitor, and Dan
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SkyCam
| Rick and Quint talk rockets
| Jim runs the booth
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Jim talks rockets with a visitor
| Rick and Quint
| Relaxing at the end of a long day
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