So I never watched "Big Bang Theory" but clips of it seem to surface on #YT from time to time. I just got a chuckle over a short bit that involved driving the Mars Rover, because here on Mastodon ... oh never mind.
Long ago I knew someone who apparently thought he might have lost communication with a military satellite. He said he was pretty upset at the time -- understandable. Apparently comms were regained or were never really lost, I don't remember the full story now.