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Originally Posted by DampRobot
Talking to the Space Cookies at Davis, I learned that one of the reasons that they were having trouble was many of their mentors from NASA were let go, and no longer could work full time with the team. Considering the Cheesy Poofs and the Space Cookies share a lab (and possible mentors), 254 could have a tougher year.*
(*I have not seen 254 play, or even their robot, so this is purely conjecture.)
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It is true that the NASA mentors were laid off, but we are all still here, only we are volunteers instead of paid employees. We are dedicated to Teams 254 and 1868 with or without a paycheck.
It was very obvious that the Space Cookies were having a difficult time at Davis. We had a lot of unforeseen electrical problems and a new drive team that had no drive practice. Both students and mentors will be working hard this next week to fix any robot issues and prepare for SVR.
I want to thank everyone who stepped in to help us at Davis, especially the mentors from team 971. I'm not sure we would have made it without your help!
-Krystine
That's right 10 years and this is the first time ever that the school wanted anything to do with the FIRST team. - RoteAugen [more] 
18-03-2012, 17:33
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