31-03-2025
In the Name of Scientific Progress. Future challenges for Astronomical Observatories
Astronomical observatories face many
URLchallenges that must be addressed in
the immediate future. One of their
key challenges is what to do with them
when they are no longer useful. Some
years ago I proposed to the readers in a scientific
dissemination article to fix their vision on a star
on one night. Without realizing it, they would see
that there are other “stars” moving in relation to it.
Each one of them is probably an artificial satellite.
Many are objects that we put into orbit, but that
are not used (Gonz
ález, 2018). On top of this,
we must keep in mind the increasingly important
role of private companies that offer services
such as space tourism or put entire networks
of satellites in space for diverse purposes—for
example, telecommunications. It is estimated
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