From the semi-annoying antics of 'ALF' to 'Knight Rider's' awesome autonomous auto, the 1980s were a transitional time for stimulating small-screen science fiction!
Since the dawn of the Space Age, agencies have relied on powerful arrays of communication antennas positioned worldwide to control, coordinate, and retrieve data from their missions. Today, NASA and its partner agencies rely on the Deep Space Network (DSN) to communicate with the many probes, orbiters, landers, and rovers they have operating beyond Earth. These signals also lead to "spillover," where radio signals reach far beyond robotic missions and propagate for light-years through space.
