I've never felt such exhilarating highs and dispiriting lows...

I've never felt such exhilarating highs and dispiriting lows than those experienced when we first detected the signal from the GBT, indicating 'all's well' and then discovering that we had no signal at the operations center, indicating 'all's lost, ... The truth, as we have now determined, lies somewhat closer to the former than the latter.