航空宇宙局 長，指導者 申し込む／申し出s Brazil 衛星 imaging to help stop アマゾン 森林伐採
BRASILIA, July 25 (Reuters) - 航空宇宙局 行政官／管理者 法案 Nelson visited Brazilian space 研究 中心 INPE on Wednesday and 提案するd 延長するing 衛星 共同s with the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs to help 監視する and 妨げる 破壊 of the アマゾン rainforest.
Nelson said 航空宇宙局 will have a 衛星 in January that can even （判決などを）下す images of what is happening below the forest canopy. The 衛星, called NISAR, will be 開始する，打ち上げるd with India.
"It is going to be able to look through the canopy of the ジャングル so that we can see if someone has 燃やすd the undergrowth and that would 最終的に kill the big trees," he said at a news 会議／協議会 at INPE in Sao Jose dos Campos.
Science 大臣 Luciana Santos showed Nelson around INPE （警察，軍隊などの）本部 and explained Brazil's space program. The 機関 has 開始する，打ち上げるd a 一連の 衛星s in 共同 with 中国 since 1999 for 農業の and 環境の 監視するing.
Brazil relies on 衛星 imagery to watch over the アマゾン, but cloud cover is often a 障害物 for 正確な and timely images.
Nelson, a former U.S. 上院議員, met on Monday with 大統領 Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia.
"I thanked the 大統領，／社長 for his continuous 成果／努力 to save the アマゾン rainforest," he told reporters after the 会合.
Nelson said when he flew in space 37 years ago he could see with the naked 注目する，もくろむ the 破壊 of the rainforest by the different colors 明白な from his 宇宙船 window.
衛星s that 航空宇宙局 計画（する）s to place in 軌道 早期に next year will 追加する "extreme ability to understand what is happening" to the rainforest, he said in Brasilia.
Earlier on Tuesday, Nelson visited Brazilian 計画（する） 製造者 Embraer in Sao Jose dos Campos and 小旅行するd the 生産／産物 line for its 狭くする-団体／死体 商業の E-Jets.
Nelson will continue his South American trip this week with visits to Argentina and Colombia. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Anthony Boadle Editing by Brad Haynes and 法案 Berkrot)
