Education and technology go hand in hand to move forward. In Chile, 52 schools will benefit from a contribution from SpaceX astronauts: Internet of starlink, company of Elon Musk.
The astronauts Jared Isaacman, Scott “Kidd” Poteet, Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon, of the mission PolarisDawn, donated $250,000 to the unlimited project of Enseña Chile, so that the satellite internet reaches schools in Araucanía, southern Chile.
According to the portal Araucania News, a Starlink antenna was installed, which provides high-speed internet to rural areas. There are a total of 7,500 students and 700 teachers who will work with this service.
“The project uses technology as a tool that, accompanied by an educational component of teacher training, contributes to improving the quality of education and providing more opportunities for girls and boys”, indicates Araucanía Noticias in its press release.
The satellite internet of Starlink, Elon Musk’s company, and education in Chile
Starlink, Elon Musk’s company, has launched nearly 4,000 satellites into low earth orbit to bring the internet to remote areas of our planet. The total constellation is expected to add more than 11,000 satellites in the future.
Tomás Recart, executive director of Enseña Chile, spoke about the benefits of the SpaceX astronauts’ donation.
“This donation will allow us to make a huge difference in the lives of the children and teachers benefited. But the ambition is great and, for this reason, we want to invite more people to join this initiative as partners, to take it to more locations in Chile. and Latin America with the aim of eliminating educational gaps in just one generation”.
Unlimited is a project spearheaded by Enseña Chile, Benjamín Quiroga (Fund of Sciences and Foodtech Humboldt) and Daniel Undirraga (Cornershop). It began in November 2021, benefiting six schools that were connected to new technologies.
SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission, what does it consist of?
Isaacman, Poteet, Gillis and Menon they are part of Polaris Dawn, a private spaceflight operated by SpaceX. The mission will be launched in March 2023, with a duration of five days, to reach 1,400 kilometers in height.
The astronauts will work in a Crew Dragon ship named Resilience, launched on a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The group of astronauts spoke with 80 students from School number 237 of San Miguel de Quintrilpe, in La Araucanía, explaining the details of astronaut training, how it feels to travel to space and their work in particular.