Who knew that astronomers would be the luddite reactionaries holding science and technology back? They seemed to laugh and cheer every time an astronomical satellite was put into orbit, but frown and shake their fingers when other people wish to utilize space as well.
Astronomers don't own space. And by laughing and cavorting, dancing jigs when astronomical satellites are put into orbit but screeching "OH WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN" when somebody else uses space, they have taken their scientific and social credibility down a large notch.
Pretty soon nobody will care what they have to say. Their job is to quietly lurk behind bushes at night, and solve problems nobody asked the answers to, to silently publish them in unread journals, praying for a professorship which will allow travel to exotic destinations where telescopes just "happen" to be best situated.
Astronomers don't own space. And by laughing and cavorting, dancing jigs when astronomical satellites are put into orbit but screeching "OH WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN" when somebody else uses space, they have taken their scientific and social credibility down a large notch.
Pretty soon nobody will care what they have to say. Their job is to quietly lurk behind bushes at night, and solve problems nobody asked the answers to, to silently publish them in unread journals, praying for a professorship which will allow travel to exotic destinations where telescopes just "happen" to be best situated.
Ugh. Chuds.