Swarm Technology at NASA: Building Resilient Systems

Developing space systems is a complex task, driven by standards and safety requirements to ensure reliability of sophisticated hardware and software. Future NASA missions will focus on the development of swarm-based spacecraft systems comprising multiple self-organizing and autonomous spacecraft.

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