That limit won't exist forever. Sooner or later we'll get space-based industry, and I'd rather that be sooner.
I'm as much a fan of astronomy as anyone, but I'm not willing to let it block the best chance we currently have of becoming a space-faring species. The comm satellites aren't important, but the launch capacity scaling is.
I'm as much a fan of astronomy as anyone, but I'm not willing to let it block the best chance we currently have of becoming a space-faring species. The comm satellites aren't important, but the launch capacity scaling is.