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It is hard to estimate the cost of replacing LSST with something off-planet. As it, alone, costs ~billions, putting a similar instrument in space costs far, far
by ISL 7y ago
It is hard to estimate the cost of replacing LSST with something off-planet. As it, alone, costs ~billions, putting a similar instrument in space costs far, far more.
Furthermore, dark skies are a resource for all of humanity, not just astronomers.
- shadowgovt 7y agoThe Starlink project doesn't actually threaten dark skies. The satellites spend most of their night-side transit in Earth's shadow. Indeed, a lack of dark shy makes the Starlink constellation harder to see from the ground.