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Starlink could help keep an eye on the Amazon rainforest
The world’s richest person and Brazil’s government are discussing a partnership to monitor the Amazon rainforest via satellite.
Elon Musk met Monday with the Minister of Communications for President Jair Bolsonaro’s government in Austin, Texas, to speak about the possibility of using satellite technology provided by the entrepreneur’s businesses Starlink Inc and Space Explorations Technologies Corp., also known as SpaceX, to monitor deforestation and forest fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, the world’s largest.
[Bloomberg]
The world’s richest person and Brazil’s government are discussing a partnership to monitor the Amazon rainforest via satellite.
Elon Musk met Monday with the Minister of Communications for President Jair Bolsonaro’s government in Austin, Texas, to speak about the possibility of using satellite technology provided by the entrepreneur’s businesses Starlink Inc and Space Explorations Technologies Corp., also known as SpaceX, to monitor deforestation and forest fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, the world’s largest.
[Bloomberg]