The pair of achievements are major milestones for the network, which communicates with spacecraft all over the solar system using giant dish antennas located at three complexes around the globe.

Dish engineering--The study will contemplate novel designs for the antenna beyond the usual paraboloid construction. * Cost--The study will have to determine the cost curve of such a large ...

you probably think of a dish. But that’s not the only option — a new device from the American University of Beruit and Stanford created a portable antenna made of woven materials that packs ...