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Re:Amazon satellites add to astronomers' worries about night... by thereisnospork on Friday August 14, 2020 @02:53AM (#24154613)
Other than scale I really don't see the difference between '''desicrating''' a skyline with ugly[0] architecture and starlink et al.

Sure some architecture stays ugly - but preserving the aesthetics of a sky(line) ranks really low on my list of things that are worth stopping progress over.

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Re:Amazon satellites add to astronomers' worries about night... by mikro2nd on Friday August 14, 2020 @03:26AM (#24154882)
It's not primarily about aesthetics, but about the ability to do fundamental science. Ugly buildings don't obstruct observation of the universe.
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Re:Amazon satellites add to astronomers' worries about night... by SiempreViernes on Friday August 14, 2020 @04:58AM (#24155530)
Obviously they obstruct it a bit, but generally in places you don't try to do any astronomy anyway. The real innovation of Starlink is cutting the link to the start over the almost the entirety of the Earths surface, true market disruptor move right there.
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