If you weren't aware, astronomers don't have a great relationship with Musk. A big issue for us is the Starlink satellites, which due to their low altitude and high number, already regularly interfere with ground-based observations. #starlinked on Twitter has endless examples.

We get told it's the "price of progress" and that SpaceX will make space telescopes cheap anyway. But that's BS: development of advanced space tech is much more expensive than the launch.

vox.com/science-and-health/223…

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites are still too bright

Who will save the night sky? Astronomers’ views of the stars are being dimmed by the bright satellites of Elon Musk’s Starlink.

^{Brian Resnick (Vox)}