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Echoing Ton,
Wow this is so exciting!
For the controls team to suggest they have "multiple options" to re-establish comms on a satellite launched in the 70s that is appx. 133AU from earth is truly astounding.
And of those options that a "shout" worked is so neat.
Makes me giddy to think about satellites launched recently and in the near future and how well they may fair in comparison.