T+315: Autonomy in Space (with Simone D’Amico, DJ Bush, and Al Tadros)

Simone D’Amico of Stanford and EraDrive, DJ Bush of NVIDIA, and Al Tadros of Redwire join me to talk about autonomy in space, to get into the specific details of what they’re working on and how it comes together, and what it may do for the industry in the next few years.
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Topics
• Episode T+315: Autonomy in Space (with Simone D’Amico, DJ Bush, and Al Tadros) - YouTube (youtube.com/watch?v=GjizFmcpLAw)
• Simone D'Amico | LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/damicosimone)
• Center for AEroSpace Autonomy Research (CAESAR) (caesar.stanford.edu)
• Stanford spinoff EraDrive claims $1 million NASA contract - SpaceNews (spacenews.com/stanford-spinoff-eradrive-claims…)
• DJ Bush | LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/dj-bush-05067a6b)
• How Starcloud Is Bringing Data Centers to Outer Space | NVIDIA Blog (blogs.nvidia.com/blog/starcloud)
• Al Tadros | LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/al-tadros-986a583)
• Redwire Space | Heritage + Innovation (rdw.com)
• NASA Starling - Autonomous Tip and Cue in Orbit (linkedin.com/posts/damicosimone_flight-mission…)
• NASA Starling - Distributed Optical Navigation (linkedin.com/posts/damicosimone_nasa-starling-…)
• NASA Starling - Autonomous Space Domain Awareness (linkedin.com/posts/damicosimone_stanford-rsos-…)
• VISORS - Precise Formation-Flying (linkedin.com/posts/damicosimone_visors-formati…)
• Autonomous Spacecraft 3D Model Reconstruction (linkedin.com/posts/damicosimone_3dgs-nerf-cnn-…)
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