http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/95902/How-Houston-rehearsed-its-worst-ever-problem
Interesting ... and scary. They would have just shut down communications with the astronauts while they were still alive? That's what it sounds like.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/gerald_warner/blog/2008/10/23/why_are_we_giving_india_1_billion_in_aid_if_it_can_afford_moon_missions
LOL... they could have given it to us instead! :(