Many aspects of space system operations involve continuous control of real time processes. These processes include electrical power system monitoring, prelaunch and ongoing propulsion system health and maintenance, environmental and life support systems, space suit checkout, onboard manufacturing, and vehicle servicing including satellites, shuttles, orbital maneuvering vehicles, orbital transfer vehicles and remote teleoperators. Traditionally, monitoring of these critical real time processes has been done by trained human experts monitoring telemetry data. However, the long duration of future space missions and the high cost of crew time in space creates a powerful economic incentive for the development of highly autonomous knowledge based expert control procedures for these space systems.
Real-Time Space System Control with Expert Systems
1988
3 pages
Report
No indication
English
Manned Spacecraft , Unmanned Spacecraft , Computers, Control & Information Theory , Computer Software , Control systems design , Economic factors , Expert systems , Real time operation , Systems management , Autonomy , Computer systems performance , Inference , Parallel processing (Computers) , Space stations