NASA Wants Spaceships to Communicate With Astronauts Via Chatbot

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NASA Wants Spaceships to Communicate With Astronauts Via Chatbot

The agency's proprietary program will spot, communicate, and fix errors from space, beginning with the Artemis program’s Lunar Gateway.

By Adrianna Nine June 27, 2023

Chatbots are making their way into other corners of the solar system. As ChatGPT, Bard, and other artificial intelligence-powered chatbots find their way into virtually every industry here on Earth, NASA is considering bringing its own version of the technology aboard spacecraft. The proprietary interface will reportedly facilitate communications with crewmembers, beginning with the Artemis program’s Lunar Gateway.

Dr. Larissa Suzuki, a visiting researcher at NASA, announced the project at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) on Tuesday. The plan is to build a network capable of fielding interplanetary communications while using AI to spot and fix errors as they occur. The program—the name of which has yet to be shared with the public—will effectively work as a virtual repairman, diagnosing errors and inefficiencies and then resolving them (or, at the very least, suggesting potential fixes) when it’s impractical to perform hands-on work. 

NASA intends for the program to be easy to use. Like ChatGPT, space-bound astronauts and crewmembers down on Earth can “talk” with NASA’s program, precluding the need for complicated manuals or tiresome back-and-forth conversations with parties that aren’t directly involved. If NASA can incorporate federated learning—a collaborative approach to training deep learning models—into its interface, it could even have multiple spacecraft share their knowledge, helping the fleet locate important geology or reduce downtime up in space.    ... '