The thesis objective is to design an autonomous spacecraft architecture to perform both deliberative and reactive behaviors. The Autonomous Small Planet In-Situ Reaction to Events (ASPIRE) project uses the architecture to integrate several autonomous technologies for a comet or
Selection note: Curated because “Software Architecture for Autonomous Spacecraft” covers Software Spacecraft ASPIRE project; it materially informs GShips work on autonomous software architecture.
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ntrs-20060035203
Topic
ai-autonomy
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Publisher
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Authors
Shih, Jimmy S.
Year
1997
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The thesis objective is to design an autonomous spacecraft architecture to perform both deliberative and reactive behaviors. The Autonomous Small Planet In-Situ Reaction to Events (ASPIRE) project uses the architecture to integrate several autonomous technologies for a comet orbiter mission.
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