1. Complexity in Space Systems
Nicola Muscettola
Chief Scientist for Autonomy
Advanced Technology Center
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

2. What we do (sampler)

3. Integrated Space Systems Challenges
Networking and interdependence is increasingly the norm
Systems cannot fail
Cost of failure is too high, often in human lives
High levels of redundancy are often not possible
Cost of access to space is very high, especially for human-rated systems

4. Exploring Mars by living off the land...
courtesy of Johnson Space Center, NASA

5. Please, no emergent behaviors!(*)
And another thing…
Please, no emergent behaviors!(*)
(*) in the parameters you choose to describe the system

6. Douglas E. Bernard JPL
Steve A. Chien JPL
Scott Davies CMU
Gregory A. Dorais Ames
Richard Doyle JPL
Dan Dvorak JPL
Charles Fry Ames
Edward B. Gamble Jr. JPL
Erann Gat JPL
Bob Kanefsky Ames
Ron Keesing Ames
Jim Kurien Ames
Guy K. Man JPL
William Millar Ames
Sunil Mohan Ames
Paul Morris Ames
Nicola Muscettola Ames
P. Pandurang Nayak Ames
Barney Pell Ames
Christian Plaunt Ames
Greg Rabideau JPL
Kanna Rajan Ames
Nicholas Rouquette JPL
Scott Sawyer Ames
Reid Simmons CMU
Benjamin Smith JPL
Gregg Swietek Ames
William Taylor Ames
Yu-Wen Tung JPL
Michael Wagner Ames
Greg Whelan CMU
Brian C. Williams Ames
David Yan JPL
REMOTE AGENT
… still considered one of the top achievement of Artificial Intelligence

7. Profiling a planner 60 million miles away