So why should a goal like truly universal Internet access play second fiddle to astronomical considerations, when the technical solutions required for coexistence are so trivial?
(And I really couldn't care less how many astronomers disagree with the assertion that it's trivial to avoid interference to observations from satellite passes. If I want to know something about astronomy, I'll ask an astronomer. Astronomers, by the same token, should consult digital imaging experts before concluding that the rest of the world is out to wreck their careers with unreasonably-expensive or technically-insurmountable roadblocks. You guys can afford to lose a frame or two now and then in exchange for what Starlink offers the rest of humanity.)
(And I really couldn't care less how many astronomers disagree with the assertion that it's trivial to avoid interference to observations from satellite passes. If I want to know something about astronomy, I'll ask an astronomer. Astronomers, by the same token, should consult digital imaging experts before concluding that the rest of the world is out to wreck their careers with unreasonably-expensive or technically-insurmountable roadblocks. You guys can afford to lose a frame or two now and then in exchange for what Starlink offers the rest of humanity.)