Can Elon Musk help Tonga solve its internet issues?
Elon Musk says he's waiting for "clear confirmation" before deciding whether SpaceX can help with Tonga's internet issues. The eruption of an underwater volcano on January 15 triggered a sonic boom and tsunami and subsequently cut through a fibre-optic cable, meaning Tonga is no longer connected to the rest of the world. And the Tesla and SpaceX founder has suggested they could send some of their Starlink terminals - which connect to the Starlink satellites in orbit and relay the user data to SpaceX's ground stations for communication with internet servers - to help with the situation. In resp...