THIS NASA GRANT WAS ORIGINALLY A 3YEAR AWARD THAT SHOULD HAVE CONCLUDED ON OCTOBER 18 2017. HOWEVER DUE TO SIGNIFICANT DELAYS IN THE LAUNCH SCHEDULE SUPPORTING THE TWO FLIGHT EXPERIMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RESEARCH AWARD NASA PROVIDED A 1YEAR NO COST EXTENSION FOR THE PROGRAM. HOWEVER THE SECOND SPACEX LAUNCH WAS FURTHER DELAYED AND THE RETURN FLIGHT CARRYING DR. DELUCAS SAMPLES DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL JANUARY 16 2019 (SEVERAL MONTHS BEYOND THE 1YEAR NO COST EXTENSION). THE EXTENDED LAUNCH DELAYS RESULTED IN THE REALIZATION BY DR. DELUCAS THAT THE PROJECT COULD NOT BE COMPLETED WITHOUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING. ON DECEMBER 8 2017 A FORMAL BUDGET SUPPLEMENT REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED TO NASA FOR AN AMOUNT OF $ 90 410.54. THIS AMOUNT WAS DETERMINED BASED ON DR. DELUCAS DETERMINATION OF THE TIME REQUIRED TO PREPARE SAMPLES FOR THE SECOND FLIGHT PERFORM THE ANALYSIS UPON RETURN OF THE SAMPLES WRITE A FINAL REPORT AND PUBLISH A RESEARCH ARTICLE. NASA APPROVED THE SUPPLEMENT REQUEST BUT AT A REDUCED AMOUNT OF $50 000.