[croes]

Who is we? Certainly not amateur astronomers who made important discoveries with their telescopes

[monocasa]

If the cost to orbit does get low enough as is the assumption in this article, I would be shocked if we didn't start to see amateur space based telescopes.

[verdverm]

Or services where you can buy some photos, like we have for the telescopes pointed at earth

[croes]

Great, a fee to look at the sky

[verdverm]

Light pollution from the ground is causing more impact on (naked eye / amateur telescope) star viewing than satellites. My comment is more for the niche of people who find value in purchasing satellite time, they could be pointed in the other direction.

[croes]

With free access or only affordable for rich county citizens?