True to an extent -- in reality, the Parkes facility was staffed by a competent team of astronomers and engineers, about 50 PhDs in all, AFAIK. They did _not_ mess up and lose the computer data, although high winds were a problem. This I know because my great uncle was the director of the facility at the time all this happened (Sam Neill's character).
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True to an extent -- in reality, the Parkes facility was staffed by a competent team of astronomers and engineers, about 50 PhDs in all, AFAIK. They did _not_ mess up and lose the computer data, although high winds were a problem. This I know because my great uncle was the director of the facility at the time all this happened (Sam Neill's character).