Did nobody in the Astronomy community think 12,000 new satellites in LEO might be a problem?
“No one thought of this,” she said. “We didn’t think of it. The astronomy community didn’t think of it.”


What utter nonsense. SpaceX are either lying or they didn't bother to go looking for any other opinions.

Astrophotographers have been complaining about satellites messing up their photos for years. When Starlink was announced astronomers complained even louder.

Go to any popular astronomy forum and search for "starlink" and see for yourself #1 #2.