That fantasy will be dispelled within the next 2 months with an announced delay. This is very common in longshots, leaving the self actualization up to the las

That fantasy will be dispelled within the next 2 months with an announced delay. This is very common in longshots, leaving the self actualization up to the last moment seems to be a coping strategy to minimize psychological harm to themselves and their backers. Announcing now would more or less be akin to saying (the truth): yeah we had no hope of hitting that goal.