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Remote Sensing Technology Fights Forest Fires Smarter
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
A long-standing partnership between NASA and the U.S. Forest Service aims to help firefighting agencies make good use of advanced technology to better fight forest fires. One recent collaboration with researchers at Ames Research Center led to installing a digital downlink connection on the Forest Service’s instrumented aircraft, to make it easier to send the latest fire updates to people on the ground.