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    Honestly astronomy from space is notoriously difficult, for various reasons.

    • It takes a lot of energy and infrastructure to propel a telescope into space.
    • Radiation can cause issues with electronics, so they all need to be hardened.
    • Typically satellites use older proven technology to make sure that they don’t run into new issues, which means they’re not able to be bleeding edge.
    • New technology is next to impossible to add to a space telescope, meaning upgrades rarely happen, if ever. Ground telescopes can continuously upgrade with relative ease.

    There’s a lot of pros and cons. Neither solution is better than the other. They’re only better at certain things. We need both.