SpaceX’s One Million Orbital Data Centers Would Be Debilitating for Astronomy Research, Scientists SayAs Space.com reports, the plans were met with alarm by astronomers, who have spent years collaborating with SpaceX to stop Starlink satellites from ruining their work.
“It really feels like it’s undermining what we have achieved in the last few years, which wasn’t ideal for astronomy, but was a far cry from what we feared in 2019 when the Starlink program began,” astronomer and dark sky consultant John Barentine told Space.com. Barentine, alongside a consortium of astronomers, filed a challenge to SpaceX’s FCC filing. “We felt we were heading in the right direction that was reasonably sustainable,” he added. “And this feels like a complete reversal of that.” Comments are closed.
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