Die Raumfahrtindustrie kämpft darum, KI in die Umlaufbahn zu bringen – KI könnte dazu beitragen, das Wachstum der Raumfahrtindustrie anzukurbeln, von der einige prognostizieren, dass sie bis 2035 einen Wert von bis zu 1,8 Billionen US-Dollar haben wird – auf Augenhöhe mit der Halbleiterindustrie.

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>**There are going to be „tens of thousands** of satellites orbiting Earth and [we] can’t possibly count on human intervention for them to avoid each other, to pair up with each other or to de-orbit,“ says Bill Weber, CEO of Firefly Aerospace.

>Putting AI devices on satellites could give them more autonomy to navigate using data they collect in real time.

>On-board AI processing can also help researchers better leverage the streams of data satellites collect to [take the pulse](https://www.axios.com/2020/10/13/earth-watching-satellites) of Earth’s forests and fields, monitor methane emissions, and track illegal fishing and other activities and events.

>“Sensor data collection is growing exponentially, not only on Earth, but in space, whereas communication downlink technology is only growing linearly,“ says Paul Quintana of Untether AI. „You can’t send all the data from space down anymore. You have to do on-orbit processing.“