TDRS

"You always need another person to go with you when you do TDRs because you need someone to be a spotter," Donald says.

The new package extends that relief to Jan. 1, 2022 after lenders, fearing regulators and investors may fault them for ballooning TDRs, pushed for an extension.

When tomorrow’s TDRS-M launches, it will be renamed the TDRS-13 satellite and be active in the network until the mid-2020s.

One minute on TDRS' highest bandwidth, which is 300 megabits per second, costs $139, Younes said, although many non-NASA users barter for time on the network.

So, the Times is asking us what we think about the DOE's decision to release the TDRs.