

2 out of the 3 DSN locations aren’t even in the US or managed by NASA.
- NASA manages the Goldstone complex in California
- The Madrid complex is in Spain and managed by their national space agency
- The Canberra complex is in Australia and managed by their national space agency
Also, fun fact, the Canberra complex has the only antenna that can communicate with Voyager 2!
I guess it depends on what you define as “basic SQL”. Because most people are already used to working with desktop apps, and familiar with the office programs specifically.
You’d essentially have to teach them programming. Its like when people say “terminal is better than GUI” (it’s me, I say that) but then you forget about all of the people who don’t know the difference between a desktop and a modem