Douglas Hofmann Model painting

Douglas Hofmann Model painting
Claude Monet La Japonaise painting
But NASA's new emphasis on cheaper, more plentiful space missions will overburden the network, Miller says. And that means scientists will have to be flexible with the time they are allotted to communicate with their spacecraft. Trading Time SlotsNASA officials say some scientists could potentially lose data, but that scientists are already used to trading time slots on the network."Not everybody will get exactly the coverage they want," Miller says. "But they're willing to give a little here and get a little there. And most of the time it works out."Although Miller says he thinks scientists can successfully juggle their needs to communicate with faraway machines, the traffic jam could be a liability if there are any mechanical difficulties."There's still some risk," Miller says. "The big antennas could fail. They are