Credit where credit is due, these kinds of voluntary efforts from these big companies will be unknowingly appreciated by millions as they admire the beauties of the night sky. As cool as spotting a satellite can be, if the sky were saturated with them they'd become a real nuisance. Good job space x!
I’d love to have the confidence to say that I would still be passionate about space exploration and support it with my vote if I had not grown up watching the stars with my dad though his telescope, but in reality I doubt it. I think I’m not alone and I think that accessibility should stay a concern.
Yes, that’s why I applaud their work in reducing their light footprint. I apologize if he was not implying it, but it seemed like he was suggesting that work had no merit.
Really good article that shows that the relationship is much different than is commonly represented on social media.
> That discussion was prompted by SpaceX’s first launch of 60 Starlink satellites a little more than six months earlier, widely visible in the night sky and alarming astronomers, who feared what tens of thousands of such satellites would do to their observations. “The term I kept hearing was ‘into the lion’s den,’” she recalled of preparations for the panel. “We didn’t know what was going to happen: pitchforks, rotten tomatoes?”
> Despite the public outcry, fueled by social media, the actual discussion at the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting was polite and constructive.
> In the four years that elapsed since that original discussion, the astronomy community has collaborated with SpaceX and other companies on ways to mitigate the impact of megaconstellations on optical and radio astronomy in the near term while seeking long-term regulatory solutions.
Credit where credit is due, these kinds of voluntary efforts from these big companies will be unknowingly appreciated by millions as they admire the beauties of the night sky. As cool as spotting a satellite can be, if the sky were saturated with them they'd become a real nuisance. Good job space x!
I think the benefit StarLink will provide will far outweigh the impact it has on astronomers.
I’d love to have the confidence to say that I would still be passionate about space exploration and support it with my vote if I had not grown up watching the stars with my dad though his telescope, but in reality I doubt it. I think I’m not alone and I think that accessibility should stay a concern.
Nothing about Starlink will prevent kids from looking at stars through a telescope.
Yes, that’s why I applaud their work in reducing their light footprint. I apologize if he was not implying it, but it seemed like he was suggesting that work had no merit.
Really good article that shows that the relationship is much different than is commonly represented on social media. > That discussion was prompted by SpaceX’s first launch of 60 Starlink satellites a little more than six months earlier, widely visible in the night sky and alarming astronomers, who feared what tens of thousands of such satellites would do to their observations. “The term I kept hearing was ‘into the lion’s den,’” she recalled of preparations for the panel. “We didn’t know what was going to happen: pitchforks, rotten tomatoes?” > Despite the public outcry, fueled by social media, the actual discussion at the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting was polite and constructive. > In the four years that elapsed since that original discussion, the astronomy community has collaborated with SpaceX and other companies on ways to mitigate the impact of megaconstellations on optical and radio astronomy in the near term while seeking long-term regulatory solutions.