When Elon was criticized for ruining the joy of gazing into the night sky, he simply shrugged and said “Well if you really want to be inspired by gazing at stars, you will have to come with me to Mars, eat mushrooms and help build the observatories.”
Living in a suburban area with lots of so-called “light pollution” we can only really make out 1st and 2nd magnitude stars with the naked eye. Would be nice to have something interesting to look at.
Serious astronomy will have to be moved to the lunar surface... They knew this decades before SpaceX was conceived. I think this article is just another cheap shot against Elon Musk.