It also will cripple all of our robotic missions beyond Earth’s orbit. The DSN was already oversubscribed - time and bandwidth books out months in advance - and there simply is no substitute for it. The Spain station is 1/3 of the DSN.
@uisobservatory.bsky.socialI’d like to make it clear for all the people following me what the sheer gravity of the news is. Without this facility we can’t ensure constant communication with spacecraft beyond Earth orbit.
If this facility is off-line, the Artemis program cannot send a crew to the Moon.
