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“It says the L/S band antenna is offline.”
“Well, that’s not good, that’s the module
 that generates and transmits the signal 
to the station. It must have got damaged 
somehow. Are all other systems online?” Antonio 
replies, sounding more on edge than before.
“Yep, everything else is fine.” You double check 
your list.
“Ok so it looks…” Antonio begins but is suddenly 
cut off as Sasha’s face appears on the console 
screen.
“Devon, we’ve had a development. A small 
spacecraft has been discovered in orbit around 
the Moon – and it isn’t one of ours. We need to 
prioritise that transmitter so that we can make 
contact – do you have an update?” she asked.
“Umm, it looks like it’s got a broken antenna,” 
you state.
“As I was about to say,” chimes in Antonio, “we’re 
going to have to replace it. Someone will need to 
cursor. You have seen these in your coding lessons 
at school.
“I see a command prompt screen, what should I 
type?” you ask.
“Communications with the lunar orbital station are 
sent from a transmitter outside the base. First, we 
need to check if it is online. You need to bring up a 
list of all the communication transmitter’s systems. 
Type ‘print(“COMMTRAN systems:”, local())’” 
replied Antonio.
“Got it,” you respond. Your fingers fly over the 
console, and a short list of systems is displayed 
below your code. 
“You need check the status of each one in a second 
prompt box and type…” he starts but you cut him 
off.
“Yeah, I know how to run a systems check,” you 
reply smugly. It takes a minute, and you hear a 
frustrated sigh from Antonio, but you find the 
problem.

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