Start Date
4-1982 8:00 AM
Description
The present report summarizes the research activities of the 1980 NASA "Technology Feasibility" Summer Study. The focus was the development of potential NASA programs designed to optimize the utilization of advanced automation. Within the scope of the study was the definition of advanced space missions, identification of R&D requirements, and a* feasibility assessment.
Mission definitions included an interactive satellite designed to continuously monitor the terrestrial environment; a permanently orbiting space manufacturing facility; a self-replicating lunar factory; and, a fully autonomous interstellar explorer.
Available AI systems were determined to encompass machine intelligence requirements to some degree. However, a major technological gap was noted, that is a machine capacity for effective hypothesis formation and testing.
Artificial Intelligence: Utilization in Advanced Space Missions
The present report summarizes the research activities of the 1980 NASA "Technology Feasibility" Summer Study. The focus was the development of potential NASA programs designed to optimize the utilization of advanced automation. Within the scope of the study was the definition of advanced space missions, identification of R&D requirements, and a* feasibility assessment.
Mission definitions included an interactive satellite designed to continuously monitor the terrestrial environment; a permanently orbiting space manufacturing facility; a self-replicating lunar factory; and, a fully autonomous interstellar explorer.
Available AI systems were determined to encompass machine intelligence requirements to some degree. However, a major technological gap was noted, that is a machine capacity for effective hypothesis formation and testing.
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