Man, that does sound like a bummer to turn down.
But you know you did the right thing if you guys weren't the right outfit to do it.
It would be cool to be allowed to see how it all came together though, wouldn't it?
Yah... I'd give blood to have a peek at the plan.
But what they need is somebody that's done that before. We've done some nifty stuff... but not that nifty. We can probably evaluate about 80% of the design, but its that last 20% that is really going to make the difference.
Somewhere out there... is the Lt Col, or the Sgt, or the Specialist that put together the massive fiber and multiplexer network for the gizmos in Qatar. That's the guy they need to find. That Command Center they set up was world class. Even cooler than what they do in movies. :-)