NASA's swarm missions: The challenge of building autonomous software

Walt Truszkowski; Mike Hinchey; James Rash; Christopher Rouff

doi:10.1109/MITP.2004.66

NASA's swarm missions: The challenge of building autonomous software

Walt Truszkowski, Mike Hinchey, James Rash, Christopher Rouff

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The challenge of building autonomous software for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Swarm Mission is discussed. Autonomous Nano Technology Swarm (ANTS), is a concept under development for the period 2020 to 2030 in which a thousand picospacecraft, each weighing less than three pounds will work cooperatively to explore the asteroid belt. The ANTS mission has widened the use of current technologies for requirements engineering, nontrivial learning, agent technology, self-modifying systems, and verification technologies. It is suggested that the new level of complex software systems for ANTS will be of use not only in space exploration but also in a variety of commercial and military applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	47-52
Number of pages	6
Journal	IT Professional
Volume	6
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2004.66
Publication status	Published - Sep 2004
Externally published	Yes

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