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[Natchez]

.... next shutdown is scheduled for week 2 of build season .... our Congress is then scheduled to "reach a compromise" on "ship day"!

Very suspicious I must say :-),
Lucien

P.S. ..... and there is recent proof that Global Wobble is the sole reason for Global Warming.

[AlexH]

out of curiosity, if the government shuts down, do you lose your nasa funded build space?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by AlexH

out of curiosity, if the government shuts down, do you lose your nasa funded build space?

Yes. Only 500 of NASA's 18,000 employees had access to NASA facilities during the shutdown. Any teams working at NASA centers were locked out for the duration of the shutdown.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by Cory

Yes. Only 500 of NASA's 18,000 employees had access to NASA facilities during the shutdown. Any teams working at NASA centers were locked out for the duration of the shutdown.

Start digging a tunnel?

[Calvin Hartley]

Originally Posted by Cory

Yes. Only 500 of NASA's 18,000 employees had access to NASA facilities during the shutdown. Any teams working at NASA centers were locked out for the duration of the shutdown.

Just hide Krispy Kremes in your shop before leaving. That way there's at least one person that WILL find a way to get it.

[techhelpbb]

Sounds like for a shutdown NASA space of any sort is a problem

If global wobble is the reason for global warming please everyone stop moving around.
The unintended consequence of not moving around might solve the issue either way.

[Racer26]

Most of the teams with NASA sponsored build spaces... 254 and 118 are the only ones coming to mind right now, but I know there's more. They're the kind of teams that will find a way around temporarily losing their space, not creating so much as a blip on everyone else's radar.

I'm certain that even if this shut down happens, 254, 118 and the other NASA build-space sponsored teams will still be every bit as successful as any other year.

[FrankJ]

Not to besmirch 118 or 254 but. Loosing your build space during build season would hurt any team. Especially working around not having access to tools & machining you were planing to have.

With the bad feed back both sides got from this shut down, I doubt there will be one in the winter.

[seg9585]

I'm just curious -- it's a well known fact that the NASA employees were not allowed to volunteer their time to do work during the government shutdown (they weren't allowed to work for free). All public outreach was suspended.
Did that mean they also couldn't volunteer to mentor robotics during that timeframe?

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by seg9585

I'm just curious -- it's a well known fact that the NASA employees were not allowed to volunteer their time to do work during the government shutdown (they weren't allowed to work for free). All public outreach was suspended.
Did that mean they also couldn't volunteer to mentor robotics during that timeframe?

What an employee does off company property isn't controllable by the company, or government. The employees probably couldn't do 'official' NASA outreach, but there's no stopping their mentoring efforts on a personal level.

[seg9585]

Originally Posted by JesseK

What an employee does off company property isn't controllable by the company, or government. The employees probably couldn't do 'official' NASA outreach, but there's no stopping their mentoring efforts on a personal level.

Of course, but that means they also can't represent NASA in any way during that time period, for what its worth.

For any NASA employees here, did you spend your time off doing your own scientific research of interest, maybe even similar to your day job, despite the shutdown's regulations to not perform any work on behalf of NASA?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Racer26

Most of the teams with NASA sponsored build spaces... 254 and 118 are the only ones coming to mind right now, but I know there's more. They're the kind of teams that will find a way around temporarily losing their space, not creating so much as a blip on everyone else's radar.

I'm certain that even if this shut down happens, 254, 118 and the other NASA build-space sponsored teams will still be every bit as successful as any other year.

Can't speak for 118/233 or other teams with shops on NASA property, but it would be a huge blow to us. We'd find a way but it would dramatically reduce what we'd be capable of doing.

[Racer26]

Originally Posted by Cory

Can't speak for 118/233 or other teams with shops on NASA property, but it would be a huge blow to us. We'd find a way but it would dramatically reduce what we'd be capable of doing.

I did not mean to minimize the blow that it would be. It absolutely would be a huge blow.

2013 saw many Ontario teams temporarily losing their support from the public school system. Many of them still competed, and were remarkably competitive where I expected them to flounder. I am sure this would be a similar outcome.

Originally Posted by Cory

Can't speak for 118/233 or other teams with shops on NASA property, but it would be a huge blow to us. We'd find a way but it would dramatically reduce what we'd be capable of doing.

Does this mean we'll get to see Overkill at Madtown in a few weeks?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence

Does this mean we'll get to see Overkill at Madtown in a few weeks?

Yes. We will be competing in Madera.