Rocket Boys author Homer Hickam with Jay Hamilton Drost and the RED ROVERHomer Hickam, author of the book Rocket Boys, stands with Jay Hamilton Drost and the RED ROVER.
Homer spoke about his life leading up to being a NASA engineer at the book signing at the Huntington Public Library before his movie "October Skies" came out in 1999.  Jay talked to him about the Mars Red Rover  project at Davis Creek Elementary that uses LEGO elements, camera and computer to simulate the Mar rover.  It has been driven over the Internet from near and as far as Australia.
Davis Creek Elementary LEGO Projects 98-99
Daviscreek  LEGO Site Map
see http://www.HomerHickam.com/
LEGO Links of Linda Hamilton

Linda Hamilton
update Ap 23, 1999
update Ap 3, 2001