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Plenty of room for other satellites, maybe - but they are having a real impact on astronomy.
by timthorn 2y ago
Plenty of room for other satellites, maybe - but they are having a real impact on astronomy.
- perilunar 2y agoWhich they have taken steps to mitigate. But in any case, the long-term benefits to astronomy of having cheap heavy launch capability (which SpaceX is funding through Starlink) will far outweigh the short-term costs of a few satellite streaks on images.
- edf13 2y agoNot when any home/hobby based astronomy is off the cards.
- krisoft 2y agoIs it off the cards?
- elsonrodriguez 2y agoI’m sure even in the fictional worlds of Star Trek and Expanse there’s still someone in their back yard with a telescope, despite the skies being filled with not just satellites, but the constant traffic of space ships and the oppressive presence of megastructures.