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You can easily turn that last part around. It's not for astronomers to ruin our ability to provide essential (and yes, internet is essential at this point) ser
by mynameisvlad 6y ago
You can easily turn that last part around.
It's not for astronomers to ruin our ability to provide essential (and yes, internet is essential at this point) services for billions of people around the world that otherwise can't get it. Incredible entitlement.
It just depends on what you value more, observing the sky, or providing internet.
- labster 6y agoWhat right do you have to turn that statement around? Incredible entitlement. /s But really adaptive optics is nice, and lets us compensate for atmospheric distortions. But not light filtered by the atmosphere. Or clouds. Or daylight. And we still have to compensate for quakes and vibrations, and temperature change. It's simply just cheaper to do on land than in space. Imagine if it wasn't an order of magnitude more expensive in space. Or imagine a large telescope array on the Moon, where you get stability, ability to repair, and no atmosphere to get in the way. With SLS and Starship, all of that starts to look possible in the next 20 years.