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In later exchanges, though, he struck a more understanding tone.
然而在隨后的交談中，他的語氣更加體諒。
Starlink would avoid the frequencies associated with radio astronomy, he said,
他表示，星鏈將避免和射電天文學有關(guān)的頻率，
and if the satellites' orientations needed to be tweaked to minimise solar reflection
如果在關(guān)鍵天文實驗期間，需要調(diào)整衛(wèi)星定向
during critical astronomical experiments, that could easily be done.
以將太陽反射減少到最小，那么這也很容易做到。
Moreover, as the initial Starlink satellites moved into their operational configuration after the weekend,
此外，隨著最初星鏈衛(wèi)星在周末之后移動進入航行狀態(tài)，
their brightness dropped—though they still occasionally flared as they crossed the sky,
它們的亮度下降—雖然它們在劃過天空時偶爾還會閃光
probably because of reflections from their large solar panels.
這可能是因為它們巨大的太陽能電池板反射的光。
Mr Musk also seemed, in his tweets, to suggest that the aims of Starlink outweighed the harms.
馬斯克似乎也在推特中暗示，星鏈的目標比危害重要。
"Potentially helping billions of economically disadvantaged people is the greater good.
“幫助數(shù)十億經(jīng)濟上的弱勢群體是一件更好的事。
That said, we'll make sure Starlink has no material effect on discoveries in astronomy. We care a great deal about science."
即便如此，我們將確保星鏈對天文學的發(fā)現(xiàn)不會產(chǎn)生任何實質(zhì)性影響。我們非常關(guān)心科學。”
His assertion has merit. The problem, as Mark McCaughrean,
他的主張是有道理的。如歐洲航天局
senior adviser for science and exploration at the European Space Agency, observes,
科學與探索高級顧問Mark McCaughrean所觀察，
is that there has been little public discussion of the matter.
問題是公眾很少討論這個問題。
From his point of view the night sky is a public commons that risks appropriation in the name of private interest.
從他的觀點來看，夜空是一個冒著以私人利益為名挪用風險的公共領(lǐng)域。
Whether that appropriation serves the greater good should at least be a matter of debate.
不論挪用是否有效，更大的利益至少應該是一個有爭議的問題。
For now, astronomers plan to carry out further simulations of the potential impacts of Starlink
目前天文學家計劃對星鏈以及其他由OneWeb等公司計劃的
and other communication-satellite networks planned by companies such as OneWeb.
通信衛(wèi)星網(wǎng)絡潛在影響進行進一步模擬。
But even when that work is complete, it is unclear what they can actually do to make SpaceX
但即使這項工作完成了，也不清楚他們究竟能做些什么
and its competitors listen to their concerns, for there is no legislation to regulate the impact of satellites on the night sky.
使SpaceX及其競爭者傾聽他們的擔憂，因為沒有法律管控夜空衛(wèi)星的影響。
America's Federal Communications Commission does concern itself with
美國聯(lián)邦通訊委員會確實很擔心
how satellites use the available radio spectrum and with what happens to them after they have done their job.
衛(wèi)星如何利用現(xiàn)有的無線電頻譜以及它們完成工作后會發(fā)生什么。
But that is it. With the coming mega-constellations of communications satellites,
但僅此而已。隨著即將到來的通信衛(wèi)星巨型星叢，
it is perhaps time for this to change, and for governments (not only America's) to involve themselves more deeply in the uses of heaven.
也許是時候改變了，政府（不僅僅是美國政府）也是時候更加深入地參與到對天空的使用之中。
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