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If SpaceX works out, we'll probably see a lot more telescopes in space. Wouldn't be that expensive at that point for, say, a school class to launch a telescope
by FeepingCreature 7y ago
If SpaceX works out, we'll probably see a lot more telescopes in space. Wouldn't be that expensive at that point for, say, a school class to launch a telescope cubesat.
I'd trade amateur ground astronomy for that.
- SiempreViernes 7y agoI'm not entirely sure how you think looking at an image on a computer screen compensates for the experience of doing observations with your own eyes. There are plenty of good pictures on wikipedia already, do looking at those compare to going out on a clear night and looking at the stars yourself?
- fastball 7y agoA LEO satellite constellation will absolutely not prevent you from looking into the night sky with a telescope and seeing stars.
- petschge 7y agoThe dead of night will be fine. But during (astronomical) twilight, the time when you are most likely awake and looking up, it will have ugly extra dots.
- fastball 7y agoWhat makes a dot ugly?
- fastball 7y agoAlso I'm sorry but I really, really don't care about a hobby if it gets in the way of the progress of the entire human race. Imagine if a painter in Greece in some century BC convinced his fellow Grecians that building a harbor in the cove by their town was a bad idea because it ruined his paintings of the cove. How was he supposed to look at the marine life if you stuck wood and industry in the water???
- jwhitlark 7y agoThis. Every change has some negative effect. The question is whether the net effect is positive or negative.
- SiempreViernes 7y ago"Seeing a star" is a low bar to pass, especially if you get a telescope to help you.