In Apollo 13 the movie, there is a scene where the NASA representative is walking politicos on a tour:
JIM LOVELL - I'm slated to be the commander of Apollo 14 sometime late next year.
CONGRESSMAN - If there is an Apollo 14... Now, Jim, people in my state have been asking why we're continuing to fund this program - now that we've beaten the Russians to the Moon. [1]
The chasm between what NASA wanted, pilots down, was to keep on its trajectory, but the politicians saw monies to tender.