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Goregue t1_jai8emq wrote

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

The vast majority of astronomy research is made using ground-based telescopes. It's completely illusory to think that we could simply launch everything into space.

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[deleted] t1_jaia7y4 wrote

Correct, astronomy will cease to exist. See how dumb that sounds?

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Goregue t1_jaifcml wrote

If ground-based telescope are made unusable, astronomy will stagnate and will pretty much stop to exist. No one will be able to pursue a carer in astronomy when no research projects are possible. Even if space telescopes still exist and a fraction of ground-based telescopes are still usable, astronomy will not be sustainable. Astronomers are not doing science just for fun, they need money to survive and if astronomy cant provide this, they will be forced to move to another field.

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Sealingni t1_jaig6ya wrote

Sounds excessive. You can see no future where observations from the ground can continue?

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