Complexity in Space Systems Nicola Muscettola Chief Scientist for Autonomy Advanced Technology Center Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company nicola.muscettola@lmco.com

What we do (sampler)

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

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

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

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 http://rax.arc.nasa.gov

Profiling a planner 60 million miles away