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Also, Earth's sky will eventually get polluted by things like SpaceX satellites, so this would solve that issue as well.

by enlyth 3y ago

BurningFrog 3y ago
Putting telescopes in higher orbits should handle most of that.
oh_sigh 3y ago
If there were a million satellites(which there won't be), and they averaged 100 square meters each (which they don't), and they were all very close to earth in LEO(like starlink, which they aren't), they would take up 0.0000166% of the night sky. I think we will be okay.
- govolckurself 3y ago
  It's not their size that's an issue. But astronomers have already voiced their concerns in great detail. It might be worth exploring the specifics.
  - googlryas 3y ago
    Some astronomers have voiced their concerns. Others have voiced their lack of concern. It's not an open and shut issue, but I do suspect a lot of hubbub is about who is launching the satellites, not the fact that they are there.
Rebelgecko 3y ago
Once Starlink builds up the capacity around the moon to handle all the new telescopes' data, won't they have the same problem?
- bryanlarsen 3y ago
  We can maintain continuous internet connection from anywhere on the surface of the moon to Earth using 2 lunar satellites. Using more won't provide any advantages until its using a lot of bandwidth.
  - Rebelgecko 3y ago
    How would you do that? Land based (or whatever the term is for "terrestrial" on the moon) relays?
    - Cyphase 3y ago
      Groundside.
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schiffern 3y ago
>polluted by things like SpaceX satellites I know the media likes to hyper-focus on SpaceX, but it should be noted that Starlink is one of the best large constellations in this regard. SpaceX goes far above and beyond the (inadequate IMO) legal requirements for radio/IR/visible emanations, at substantial engineering expense to themselves. https://youtu.be/MNc5yCYth5E?t=1717 https://youtu.be/MNc5yCYth5E?t=1717 https://cps.iau.org/news/nsf-and-spacex-sign-agreement-to-mitigate-impact-of-starlink-satellites-on-ground-based-astronomy/ https://cps.iau.org/news/nsf-and-spacex-sign-agreement-to-mi... If you really want to get mad about badly-designed satellites impacting astronomy, look up AST SpaceMobile.

Also, Earth's sky will eventually get polluted by things like SpaceX satellites, so this would solve that issue as well.

by enlyth 3y ago

Also, Earth's sky will eventually get polluted by things like SpaceX satellites, so this would solve that issue as well.

BurningFrog 3y ago

Putting telescopes in higher orbits should handle most of that.

oh_sigh 3y ago

If there were a million satellites(which there won't be), and they averaged 100 square meters each (which they don't), and they were all very close to earth in LEO(like starlink, which they aren't), they would take up 0.0000166% of the night sky. I think we will be okay.

govolckurself 3y ago
It's not their size that's an issue. But astronomers have already voiced their concerns in great detail. It might be worth exploring the specifics.
- googlryas 3y ago
  Some astronomers have voiced their concerns. Others have voiced their lack of concern. It's not an open and shut issue, but I do suspect a lot of hubbub is about who is launching the satellites, not the fact that they are there.

Rebelgecko 3y ago

Once Starlink builds up the capacity around the moon to handle all the new telescopes' data, won't they have the same problem?

bryanlarsen 3y ago
We can maintain continuous internet connection from anywhere on the surface of the moon to Earth using 2 lunar satellites. Using more won't provide any advantages until its using a lot of bandwidth.
- Rebelgecko 3y ago
  How would you do that? Land based (or whatever the term is for "terrestrial" on the moon) relays?
  - Cyphase 3y ago
    Groundside.

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schiffern 3y ago

>polluted by things like SpaceX satellites I know the media likes to hyper-focus on SpaceX, but it should be noted that Starlink is one of the best large constellations in this regard. SpaceX goes far above and beyond the (inadequate IMO) legal requirements for radio/IR/visible emanations, at substantial engineering expense to themselves. https://youtu.be/MNc5yCYth5E?t=1717 https://youtu.be/MNc5yCYth5E?t=1717 https://cps.iau.org/news/nsf-and-spacex-sign-agreement-to-mitigate-impact-of-starlink-satellites-on-ground-based-astronomy/ https://cps.iau.org/news/nsf-and-spacex-sign-agreement-to-mi... If you really want to get mad about badly-designed satellites impacting astronomy, look up AST SpaceMobile.