2005 NASA Grant Recipients Released

[dez250]

Originally Posted by Dez250

Aren't these grants meant for first and second year teams to assist in the formation of a team in their start to help "get them off the ground". Now with that said as i glance at the teams who received grants i am wondering why teams 71 and 93 received these grants.

this post is in no way a bash at either team 71 or 93 or NASA, i just thought these grants were designed for first and second year teams as assistance to start and develop a team.

Ok maybe i should reiterate what i was trying to say in my first two posts and maybe i didnt get my point across. I was not trying to single out any team at all and i was not trying to insult NASA or their decision process. I was merly trying to bring up a point that was never brought to my attention before. As i was under the impression that these NASA grants were for rookie and second year teams as a help to get off the ground, i was asking if that was the case.

Originally Posted by dez250

I have nothing against you or team 71 or NASA, John, but when i see a team that can afford 2 regionals (the midwest regional and great lakes regional) and the championship event all ready but get a grant to attend a 3rd regional (that i was advised was a "rookie" grant), which they arent even on the list of competing teams yet (which im guessing means they are wait listed for) it makes me frown. So i am hoping this is either a mix up or NASA had an excessive amount of grants for the Purdue regional which couldnt be used for another event.

In that post i was asking more of a question that has been brought up before in other cases. If the money is going to be in excess, why doesn't it get used for other NASA regionals where the money may be in more of a demand or why isn't it used to help out the volunteers of that regional.

Now i don't want to sound like a cynical person but some people in this thread should step back please and take a look at the starting posts of the thread, i never meant in any way to insult anyone, any team or any organization, i was just asking some questions and Dave Lavery answered most of them. I am sorry if i did insult anyone and if you have an issue with this i would be more then willing to talk to you about it in private.