What would happen if an astronaut were to lose a sock inside an air vent?
(Such an event in real life could quickly prove dangerous for humans aboard the orbiting outpost).
Theelectronic aide-de-campthen called for human assistance in removing the blockage.
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Maybe we can rent unoccupied space stations out on SpaceB&B?
Ive still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission.
ISAAC is far more than just a management tool for our robotics and spacecraft systems.
TheInternational Space Station, close to Earth, has been continually inhabited for more than 20 years.
This will result in the need for automated systems to maintain systems aboard the spaceborne domiciles.
Constant communication between astronauts, ground controllers, and robotic systems is necessary to make space exploration possible.
ISAAC is a key to making a station like Gateway work.
The farther we go out into space, the smarter our spacecraft and robotics systems will need to be.
Were hoping ISAAC will be an assistant to future astronauts, even when theyre not there, Smith explains.
We may see ISAAC control space stations andcolonies on the Moonand Mars in the next few years and decades.
Lets just hope it never watches2001: A Space Odyssey it may get ideas.
This article was originally published onThe Cosmic Companionby James Maynard, the founder and publisher of The Cosmic Companion.
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