Assumptions about Teams

[TimCraig]

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Originally Posted by dlavery

And just to complete the story, despite what some mis-informed people on this very forum may believe, Team 254 is far from swimming in cash or resources either. Their entire mentoring team is composed of four college students. No professional engineers work with the team. The financial support they receive from NASA is actually less than the amount received by many other NASA grant recipients. They don't have a lot - but they are very, very good at doing a lot with what they have.

-dave

I hadn't planned on going there and I can already feel the counterclockwise swirl, but since you brought it up, to my knowledge 254 went to 2 regionals and the championships this year. They have 4 paid college interns to help with their robot. They have a full regulation field to practice on.

I think most teams would consider that pretty well heeled.