I wonder if he's reading this right now. Somewhere among the cosmos, he's still conscious, and regrets having ever created that machine.
In the meantime, lots of progress already with part two. Getting around to those emails as well. :)
@FrostyMacHS We're going through our emails ASAP right now. If we miss any, we will respond as soon as we see it. So if you never get a response, it may just be an error.
@FrostyMacHS You would be right about how that cipher works. The key is the highlight of the video, and a piece of a planet's name will come to mind when you have it. Bruteforce the starting shift if you need to.
@kjgilchrist According to our data on hand, the number of spins in each one mean something. You should look into the consecutive digraphs cipher and see how each part of it could have been used in the video(s).