Re:SpaceX tests black satellite to reduce ‘megaconstellation...
by krastanov on Thursday January 16, 2020 @06:18PM
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OP is talking about affecting astronomy the science, not astrophotography the hobby. Land-based survey telescopes are incredibly useful cheap tools that do not have alternatives.
Re:SpaceX tests black satellite to reduce ‘megaconstellation...
by discordance on Thursday January 16, 2020 @06:56PM
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I guess the argument becomes this:
Does the proliferation of high speed Internet to every part of the world outweigh the cheapness of current land based astronomy tooling?
If not, maybe spacex can compensate by providing some launch load for space bound telescopes.
Re:SpaceX tests black satellite to reduce ‘megaconstellation...
by wbl on Thursday January 16, 2020 @09:06PM
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We already have cheap internet where people live via fiber optics. Last mile market failures are solveable.
Re:SpaceX tests black satellite to reduce ‘megaconstellation...
by TomMarius on Friday January 17, 2020 @02:33AM
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No, we don't. There are tons of places right around me, in central Europe, where people will benefit greatly from Starlink. A lot of rural-based people are excitedly talking about it, even older people who you would not expect to know what it is - and they don't, but they're excited about their access to the Internet.
Re:SpaceX tests black satellite to reduce ‘megaconstellation...
by xkjkls on Thursday January 16, 2020 @07:25PM
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Ok, then Tesla should really prove they can provide that or find ways to compensate those with land based astronomy tooling. They have done neither and have not communicated in any form that they want to.
A generation or two in the future astronomy will probably get redefined quite a bit via remote telescopes and adventure vacations to space and so forth.
Even now there are plenty of enthusiasts who are excited to take pictures of rockets during take off or explore satellites as they pass by. So it actually get more people interested in space and astronomy.
And there will always be people on either side supporting or opposing technological advances - as we have seen thought history. The one thing that is certain in my opinion though is that things will change.