Stacked images of the comet, photobombed by Starlink satellites
Flipped on its head, I would say Starlink, or at least the underlying technology that makes it feasible (and it&#x27;s all related, since it&#x27;s all SpaceX) may be <i>good</i> for astronomy... <i>eventually</i>.<p>Space based telescopes give a much clearer picture than land based ones.  You can&#x27;t have ubiquitous and&#x2F;or (relatively) cheap space based telescopes without a thriving launch industry that reduces costs.  You can&#x27;t have that without innovation and competition in the space launch industry.  You are unlikely to innovation or competition in that industry the without a market need.  Starlink <i>is</i> the market need right now.<p>Want lots of space telescopes to give you even better pictures?  Don&#x27;t kill off what&#x27;s going to take you there before it begins.  The astronomy industry needs to work with SpaceX to minimize the problem while also encouraging them (and anyone else working to drop costs to launch something into orbit) to succeed, not killing off or greatly delaying the oncoming age of ubiquitous and easy access to space telescopes because they are short sighted.