[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by John Retkowski

I don't think we have to guess on this one. FIRST has made it clear in my opinion.


http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/vision

"To transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders."

And Kamen's underlying insight to this was that our culture currently celebrates sports success and young people dream of being professional athletes, so let's use that same approach to celebrate something more useful.