Enabling global health organizations to 'continue sharing lifesaving medical information'. 💪
A global alliance of global partners coordinated by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and ALSAC started the operation, but they were met with a key obstacle: slow, unreliable internet due to the ongoing conflict.
One of the keys to the success of the ongoing operation so far has been SpaceX's Starlink internet service, which was provided by Inspiration4 crew member and philanthropist Jared Isaacman,Once the children were moved to Poland, they were sheltered in a converted hotel known as the Unicorn Center, where they could be organized and sent to other hospitals around Europe depending on their condition.
On March 5, Isaacman flew a Starlink terminal and 4,000 pounds of medical supplies to Poland. Roughly a week later he flew back with a further eight Starlink units and more supplies."If you have the ability to help, you have the responsibility to help," Isaacman said.Philanthropist and space explorer Jared Isaacman is also an ALSAC partner and has donated a new state-of-the-art research center, called Inspiration4, for the St. Jude campus in Memphis, in the U.S.
Isaacman will be the commander for three more SpaceX missions, starting with Polaris Dawn, which will carry out thefrom one of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsules. Polaris Dawn is currently scheduled to launch at some point in November this year. "It was no surprise to any of us that shortly after the war began, Jared was reaching out asking to helpin any way possible," said Richard C. Shadyac Jr., President and CEO of ALSAC."By getting the Starlink systems to Poland and beyond, he's provided critical communication in desperate times.
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