[pre-edited language omitted] This is upsetting. Sorry that it fell through, but glad to know you're continuing.

The thing is, what sabotaged it was the press coverage. I'm not sure how, but NASA should have tried to emphasize more that the point of this was not "to prove we went to the moon", but rather to provide answers for teachers and people interested in seeing a response to the HBs. I think they should have played up that it was to be an educational resource, sort of prepared materials for teachers who don't know the answers themselves. Sadly it got characterized poorly. It's a shame they had a hair-trigger response on the cancellation. I suppose they were a little worried about negative feedback over "wasting tax money to prove the obvious".