Editing Project HARP (section)

=== Closure ===
[[File:Abandoned-HARP-Gun.jpg|thumb|Abandoned HARP gun in Barbados]]Throughout 1966, the HARP program experienced a series of funding delays caused by immense opposition from critics in the Canadian government and growing bureaucratic pressures.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":11" /> Upon the end of the Canadian government's participation in June 1967, the Canadian government had contributed $4.3 million and the US Army $3.7 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://artsites.uottawa.ca/sca/doc/Special-Study-No.-1-Upper-Atmosphere-and-Space-Programs-in-Canada.pdf|title=Upper Atmosphere and Space Programs in Canada - Special Study No 1 - February 1967|last=Forsyth|first=Chapman|date=February 11, 2020|website=uOttawa - Canadian Science Councils Archive|access-date=February 11, 2020|archive-date=June 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613094730/http://artsites.uottawa.ca/sca/doc/Special-Study-No.-1-Upper-Atmosphere-and-Space-Programs-in-Canada.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+HARP Funding receipts by McGill University<ref name=":11" />
!Start date
!End date
!Funding amount received
|-
|June 1, 1964
|May 30, 1965
|{{right|$1,129,932}}
|-
|June 1, 1965
|May 30, 1966
|{{right|$2,138,432}}
|-
|June 1, 1966
|May 30, 1967
|{{right|$2,911,861}}
|-
|June 1, 1967
|May 30, 1968
|{{right|$155,700}}
|}
On the American side, growing political and financial pressure caused by the [[Vietnam War]] and [[NASA]]'s focus on large-scale traditional rockets strained funding for the project as well, exacerbating the program's problems even further.<ref name=":2" /> In November 1966, the Canadian government announced that it would pull all Project HARP funding after June 30, 1967. Despite Bull's attempts to resuscitate the program, the Canadian government withdrew its support in 1967. This decision promptly caused the U.S. Army to withdraw its funding as well, leading to the program's complete termination. Both the HARP guns at Barbados and at Highwater Range were shut down, though the HARP guns under the jurisdiction of the U.S. military remained operational.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":8" /> Project HARP's assets were transferred to Bull, who started a [[Space Research Corporation]] commercial operation to salvage his project.<ref name=":5" /> After HARP was cancelled, the 16-inch gun on Barbados remained on its emplacement, where it remains to this day, gradually rusting away.<ref name=":6" />