Elon Musk got 4,000 SpaceX workers to join a covid-19 study. Here’s what he learned
SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk.
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When Covid-19 shut down the U.S. economy in March, Elon Musk had a rocket to launch.
The billionaire’s space exploration venture, SpaceX, was planning to blast a crewed spacecraft into the sky in May and wanted to stay on schedule. That meant finding a way to keep facilities safely open and limit the spread of Covid-19, a challenge when tests were in short supply.
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Using video conferencing technology that’s become all too familiar for many Alachua County residents, Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Gainesville, on Wednesday discussed with about a dozen county and municipality leaders plans to expand high-speed broadband services to the county’s rural areas.
“My hope is that we have this conversation on a regular basis as we work to increase broadband throughout the county,” she said at the virtual roundtable.
A lack of internet access, especially in rural parts of the county in Hawthorne, High Springs, Newberry, Waldo and unincorporated areas, impacts at least 36,000 residents, according to data from the Federal Communications Commission.
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News circulated over the weekend that publicly listed internet service provider (ISP) Converge ICT Solutions has landed a deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring the satellite internet services of Starlink to the Philippines. However, the ISP was quick in saying that the "deal" is still premature.