Well that's the best thing I have heard since the cops let me off with a warning.
If this is really happening, it would be spectacular to get through The Barrier, and we should cheerlead for it; write to them asking for all updates, show our thanks and support.
... if it appears to be real, there should be pressure made to apply the resources needed, to speed it up.
If it is real, it for sure picks up a Nobel Prize