Making astronomy attractive for experimentalists

How to untangle experimentation , which is the bread and butter of theorists, from astronomy shouldn't really be as drastic as it first seems but effectively the origins of so-called celestial mechanics is overreaching at best and untenable and flawed at worst -

"Rule III. The qualities of bodies, which admit neither [intensification] nor remission of degrees, and which are found to belong to all bodies within the reach of our experiments, are to be esteemed the universal qualities of all bodies whatsoever." Newton

Having passed through a sullen and dour atmosphere in this newsgroup for the last number of decades when this specific topic is brought up, I remain hopeful that eventually it will not look like the end of astrophysics but rather a radical adjustment that will free up speculative approaches without blowing up astronomy as the scientific method tried to do.

Sacrificing electromagnetic inputs in respect to orbital motions for terrestrial ballistics (experiments) is a dead end leaving only the 'clockwork solar system' to deal with and the dangers of not checking the use of calendar based timekeeping to model planetary motions and ultimately solar system structure via orbital periods. Unlike the early 20th century where they thought time was the joker in the pack, the real issue is timekeeping and specifically the inability to relate one year to one orbital circuit of the Earth around the Sun. It stands to reason that one year with 366 days/rotations is just as valid as one year of 365 days/rotations but it does draw attention to the format which gives rise to predictive astronomy and the misuse of RA/Dec as a basis for the Earth's daily and orbital motions.

Mathematicians don't care and that is fine however the weight of new innovations provided by the internet era bursts the limitations dumped on astronomy by theorists and everyone else so that astronomy becomes more enjoyable and recognizable once again.