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ElReptil t1_jahdw4o wrote

Reply to comment by Bewaretheicespiders in Satellite Constellations Are an Existential Threat for Astronomy by ChieftainMcLeland

>Starlink pays for Starship which will make space telescopes affordable, and ground astronomy obsolete for science purpose

No. Launch costs are not what makes space telescopes expensive, and Starship won't make it possible to build space telescopes anywhere near the size of current and near-future ground-based telescopes. Space telescopes complement ground-based observatories, but they won't replace them anytime soon.

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Bewaretheicespiders t1_jahz73z wrote

Ah, people with no vision. Thanks to low gravity and free real estate, you could build on the moon a bigger and better telescope than anything possible on earth. All you need to low launch costs.

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