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NASA is working on the development of an artificial intelligence service similar to Microsoft’s popular chatbot, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which will allow astronauts to communicate with their spacecraft systems using natural or everyday language. Larissa Suzuki, a visiting researcher at the US space agency, revealed that the goal is to achieve conversational interactions with spacecraft, where they can respond to astronauts about alerts and interesting discoveries in the solar system and beyond.
According to Suzuki, the first version of this AI will be implemented on the upcoming Gateway space station, which will house the crew of the Artemis program. The service will feature a natural language interface that will allow astronauts to communicate directly with it, avoiding the need to search for information in technical manuals and requesting advice on various tasks.
In addition, there are plans to establish an interplanetary communications network with built-in AI to detect and troubleshoot spacecraft failures. This network will notify mission operators of potential problems, such as the loss or failure to deliver transmission packets from a spacecraft. The goal is to avoid relying on sending engineers into space every time a disconnection or damage occurs in a spacecraft’s software.
The application of machine learning in other fields is also being investigated. NASA aims to develop a fleet of robot explorers capable of searching for specific water or minerals on distant planets and sharing knowledge with each other. This would eliminate the need to bring all the data back to Earth for processing on supercomputers.
These initiatives demonstrate how NASA is leveraging advances in artificial intelligence to improve the communication and performance of space missions, allowing astronauts to interact more naturally with systems and expanding our exploration capabilities in space.
