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    Commentary: How Elon Musk can help save astronomy

    by Michael Byers and Aaron Boley, Los Angeles Times Dec 20, 2019 3 minutes

    Elon Musk will soon offer broadband connectivity to the entire world, delivered through a mega-constellation of 12,000 satellites. Named Starlink and launched by Musk's privately owned company SpaceX, the system will benefit remote communities and developing countries. But it will also be enormously detrimental to astronomy, which depends on dark and radio-quiet skies.

    The night sky has always been a source of wonder and enlightenment. It has enabled humanity to keep time, find

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