Mega Constellations VS Ground-Based Astronomy

🔴 [Interview+] No YT ads. Bonus Part. FREE for everyone   / 168354935   There soon will be tens of thousands of satellites in orbit. Possibly, even millions. Does it mean that ground-based Astronomy is a lost cause? How can we make it work? Also, how is New Horizons doing? 🟣 Guest: Dr. Alan Stern https://alanstern.space/ New Horizons: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/new-... LUCY: https://lucy.swri.edu/ 00:00 Intro 00:57 How's New Horizons doing 02:17 Next target 08:43 More science for New Horizons 11:07 Possible follow-up missions 13:18 Funding issues 19:05 New Horizons continues to do science 23:48 Mega-constellations vs ground-based astronomy 39:54 Current obsessions 44:27 Final thoughts 00:00 Intro 01:16 Escaping the gravity well 06:53 Limiting factors 09:47 Rockets 15:18 Can a civilizations get trapped 20:51 Current obsessions 27:09 Final thoughts 📰 GUIDE TO SPACE NEWSLETTER Read by 70,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe for Free: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://www.universetoday.com/podcast Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) You are free to use my work for any purpose you like, just mention me as the source and link back to this video.