I don't see how this is related to the above. It seems there's context confusion. I meant data processing (summarizing) of existing STORED data so that humans c

I don't see how this is related to the above. It seems there's context confusion. I meant data processing (summarizing) of existing STORED data so that humans can review and decide on what to keep (fully download) and what to discard/delete so that there's enough storage for an upcoming new target. After passing a target, there's boatloads of data to send back. If a new target means there's not enough time to download it ALL before storage is needed for the new target, then decisions have to be made about what to fully send back and what to skip and/or only send summarized/compressed versions of. This has very little to do with instrument activation; it's a "between targets" process.