My son's sport in hs was robotics. The brand, First Tech Challenge is sponsered by nasa. His senior year was the Mars Mole Rover themed. Then the players are heavily recruited by the military. They tried to recruit my son to, "just be a drone operator like you do for your team".

Whatever is going on.. Idk. But, it reminds me of those puzzles released to gamers without telling them there was more to it than puzzles. Because when the news had the Mars Rover all over it, teams across the US were designing, and competing their version.