If SpaceX works out, we'll probably see a lot more telescopes in space. Wouldn't be that expensive at that point for, say, a school class to launch a telescope cubesat.
I'd trade amateur ground astronomy for that.
I'd trade amateur ground astronomy for that.
There are plenty of good pictures on wikipedia already, do looking at those compare to going out on a clear night and looking at the stars yourself?
Imagine if a painter in Greece in some century BC convinced his fellow Grecians that building a harbor in the cove by their town was a bad idea because it ruined his paintings of the cove. How was he supposed to look at the marine life if you stuck wood and industry in the water???