VAastro Affiliation American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) Fri, 11/22/2019 - 13:43 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/nov/22/not-cool-telescope-face… cs SDM GZN Affiliation American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) Fri, 11/22/2019 - 17:48 future for optical astronomy? I think so... sadly. Log in or register to post comments tcalderw Affiliation American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) Sat, 11/23/2019 - 04:01 Elon on the Red Planet Mr. Musk wants to colonize Mars, but he has a problem: SpaceX can't make enough money on its own to cover the cost. The purpose of the Starlink Internet system is to bring in the cash needed for his Martian venture. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/science/spacex-launch.html Boycott Tesla... Log in or register to post comments TRE Affiliation American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) Sat, 11/23/2019 - 04:49 more work for us If LSST can't do it, i guess AAVSO will have to. Maybe it will be MAVSO. If I coud just get my 8" remote scope on Mars . . . Log in or register to post comments Eric Dose Affiliation American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) Sat, 11/23/2019 - 15:08 To adapt Benjamin Franklin's To adapt Benjamin Franklin's famous quotation: It takes many good people to preserve a good sky, and only one bad one to lose it. Log in or register to post comments Bikeman Affiliation American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) Wed, 11/27/2019 - 16:21 And it's not just optical And it's not just optical astronomy, I think the radio astronomers are not happy either. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2205172-astronomy-group-calls-for-… Log in or register to post comments VAastro Affiliation American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) Wed, 11/27/2019 - 17:07 IAU Statement on Satellite Constellations https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19035/ Is AAVSO interested in putting out a statement? Log in or register to post comments
GZN Affiliation American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) Fri, 11/22/2019 - 17:48 future for optical astronomy? I think so... sadly. Log in or register to post comments
tcalderw Affiliation American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) Sat, 11/23/2019 - 04:01 Elon on the Red Planet Mr. Musk wants to colonize Mars, but he has a problem: SpaceX can't make enough money on its own to cover the cost. The purpose of the Starlink Internet system is to bring in the cash needed for his Martian venture. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/science/spacex-launch.html Boycott Tesla... Log in or register to post comments
TRE Affiliation American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) Sat, 11/23/2019 - 04:49 more work for us If LSST can't do it, i guess AAVSO will have to. Maybe it will be MAVSO. If I coud just get my 8" remote scope on Mars . . . Log in or register to post comments
Eric Dose Affiliation American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) Sat, 11/23/2019 - 15:08 To adapt Benjamin Franklin's To adapt Benjamin Franklin's famous quotation: It takes many good people to preserve a good sky, and only one bad one to lose it. Log in or register to post comments
Bikeman Affiliation American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) Wed, 11/27/2019 - 16:21 And it's not just optical And it's not just optical astronomy, I think the radio astronomers are not happy either. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2205172-astronomy-group-calls-for-… Log in or register to post comments
VAastro Affiliation American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) Wed, 11/27/2019 - 17:07 IAU Statement on Satellite Constellations https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19035/ Is AAVSO interested in putting out a statement? Log in or register to post comments
I think so... sadly.
Mr. Musk wants to colonize Mars, but he has a problem: SpaceX can't make enough money on its own to cover the cost. The purpose of the Starlink Internet system is to bring in the cash needed for his Martian venture.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/science/spacex-launch.html
Boycott Tesla...
If LSST can't do it, i guess AAVSO will have to.
Maybe it will be MAVSO.
If I coud just get my 8" remote scope on Mars . . .
To adapt Benjamin Franklin's famous quotation:
It takes many good people to preserve a good sky, and only one bad one to lose it.
And it's not just optical astronomy, I think the radio astronomers are not happy either.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2205172-astronomy-group-calls-for-…
https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann19035/
Is AAVSO interested in putting out a statement?