This image was pretty thoroughly panned as being either ignorant or malicious - there’s as much light coming off planes in the sky, yet astronomers don’t compla

This image was pretty thoroughly panned as being either ignorant or malicious - there’s as much light coming off planes in the sky, yet astronomers don’t complain about that. That’s not to say the satellite aren’t irritating, but astronomers have mitigation mechanisms. SpaceX doing well is also a net good thing, because it’s getting cheaper to put the telescopes in orbit, which is where we really want them to be. Earth’s surface has light pollution from cities, planes and drones; is dark enough for astronomy only a fraction of the time; and has constant occlusion from birds and bees.