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Originally Posted by Swift
As far as antenna time - someone has to pay to upkeep the DSN, whether it comes from one budget or another. Again, this stuff ain't free.
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Once upon a time maintaining and supporting NASA's infrastructure components, of which the DSN is one, was part of the overall budget. But about 15 years ago, the accounting system was modified so that all the money went to specific projects, and the projects had to pay for any part of the infrastructure they wanted to use.