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Modelling and Simulation for Autonomous Systems (MESAS 2021)

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The fourth industrial revolution and breakthroughs in emerging technologies, namely in Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Quantum Computing, have the potential to change the nature of space activities, ranging from space exploration, space tourism, to space activities. The practical applications of AI are manifold and include the automation of repetitive tasks in the manufacturing of satellites and spacecrafts, image recognition of satellite data and provision of assistance to astronauts in task and behaviour management. While emerging technologies offer new opportunities, the side effects of these promises rest on the negative issues associated. Ensuring the accessibility of space datasets, while also ensuring the identification and mitigation of cybersecurity implications of AI-powered devices and quantum computers, remains essential. These are some of the few challenges that scientists, design engineers, and decision-makers will have to face in both the short and long-term.

Based on the above, this paper will discuss the possibilities presented by emerging technologies, their associated risks in the space sector, and finally the potential mitigating measures addressing the degree of coordination that is necessary to ensure that space activities remain peaceful and beneficial for all humankind.

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    100 terabytes of data collected in a year by commercial companies.

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    A framework guaranteeing that the level of protection granted to personal data in the U.S. is essentially equivalent to that guaranteed within the EU, in line with the judgment.

Abbreviations

AI:

Artificial Intelligence

EDTs:

Emerging Disruptive Technologies

GNSS:

Global Navigation Satellite Systems

JAXA:

Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency

METOC:

Meteorological

NASA:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

PNT:

Position, Navigation and Timing

QT:

Quantum Technologies

SatCom:

Satellites of Communications

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Carlo, A., Roux, L. (2022). Emerging Technologies and Space. In: Mazal, J., et al. Modelling and Simulation for Autonomous Systems. MESAS 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13207. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98260-7_32

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