Deep Space Network at risk, GAO reports

NASA's aging network of antennas for communicating with spacecraft beyond low Earth orbit may not be able to keep up with future demand as the agency tries to fulfill its mandate to return to the moon and land astronauts on Mars, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office...

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