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Deep space experts prove Elon Musk's Starlink is interfering in scientific work (www.abc.net.au)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Scientists, looking deep into space, have long voiced their concerns that satellites are encroaching on their ability to study the cosmos.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what scientists have wanted anyway, even without the occasional satellite there is a lot of interference. I wouldn't be surprised if they leveraged this to try to get more funding for more of them they wouldn't get otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't mind if my taxes got increased if it meant we had a proper fleet of James Webb-esque telescopes out there.