You might want to consider using this connection method:

$connection = new Net::Telnet ( Host => 'ssd.jpl.nasa.gov',
                                Port => 6775,
                                Dump_Log => './telnet.log',
);
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It will output everything received to a log file.

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Who says that programmers can't work in the Marketing Department?
Or is that who says that Marketing people can't program?