So you think the DSN was idle for 9 hours while they waited for the known speed of light delay? That's not how the DSN is scheduled. The only way that the DSN w

So you think the DSN was idle for 9 hours while they waited for the known speed of light delay? That's not how the DSN is scheduled. The only way that the DSN wastes bandwidth is when they retransmit something that was actually received correctly. New Horizons would never ask for time that was unnecessary.