<div dir="ltr"><br><div>Isn't the only reason we do 'ground-based astronomy" is because it's so hard to get to space?</div><div>But now the telescopes are moving to space, where they belong, right?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 7:39 AM BillK via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I asked iAsk.ai -</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Will thousands of data center satellites end ground-based astronomy?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Answer - </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><div>
                
  
  


                
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              <p>The proposed deployment of one million orbital data 
centers by SpaceX represents a potential existential threat to 
ground-based astronomy as it is currently practiced. While SpaceX’s 
existing Starlink constellation of approximately 10,000 satellites has 
already created significant "streaks" in astronomical images, the scale 
of the new proposal is orders of magnitude larger. Astronomers warn that if these plans proceed, the number of visible 
satellites could eventually outnumber the visible stars in the night 
sky, effectively "smothering" ground-based observations.</p></div>Full Report here -</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><<a href="https://iask.ai/q/satellite-constellations-impact-ground-astronomy-ae27098" target="_blank">https://iask.ai/q/satellite-constellations-impact-ground-astronomy-ae27098</a>></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">BillK</div></div>
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