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The amount of important work in modern astronomy that is satellite based is limited, as pointed out elsewhere on this thread.
by clmul 7y ago
The amount of important work in modern astronomy that is satellite based is limited, as pointed out elsewhere on this thread.
- stcredzero 7y agoFor now. Do the Elon Musk analysis from first principles. The future of astronomy is clearly outside of Earth's gravity well and atmosphere.
- 317070 7y agoYes, but the current budgets clearly are not.
- eecc 7y agoHe's working on that ;) /s (jeez, your sense of humor folks...)
- CamperBob2 7y agoWell, he is. For the Luddites in these threads, it's enough to cite the JWST as a reason to keep doing things the same old way, over and over, in space and on Earth. Of course, the reason why people who enjoy lecturing others about why something can't be done differently or shouldn't be done differently seem to gravitate to a site called "Hacker News" is one of those universal mysteries that can't be answered with a computer or a telescope.
- pretendscholar 7y agoHow is that clear? What principles did you use?
- CamperBob2 7y agoBecause access to space is insanely expensive. Don't fight the people who are trying to fix this.
- SiempreViernes 7y agoAlso dangerous and inflexible.