If they've been working on the next module for the past six (roughly?) months and they decide to drop it (for whatever reason) months from now, I'd say the reaction from the community would not be the biggest problem facing them, wouldn't you?
I do want to be careful, because I am fully aware that I am not privy to all the considerations ED has to take into account. Also: I demand nothing. But I was honestly confused when Wags (somewhere, I can't remember now where) made some noises about not wanting to announce yet in case the project for some reason couldn't go forward.
Again, I'm not breaking balls here. Just trying to get my head around it...