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A new school of astronomy has already happened. The last ~18 years has seen the acceleration due to dark energy and the shift towards data intensive/quantitative science away from more qualitative astronomy.

This has changed to composition of participating institutions, people, and methods - a new school by any definition.

What you would be arguing for is not based on any reality.

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Again, if the move is data intensive, do a fleet in space, do long baseline stuff in space if possible.

We went from inmarsat (I was a user) to starlink launching. The differences are remarkable.

All we hear from astro community is how terrible this change is. Well, if you read a bit of sci-fi, space (LEO) is going to get more crowded, so a solution is to get above the crowds.

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