Artificially Intelligent

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In this project we have researched and validated proposed concept using following research questions:

1. What is a "Researcher proof" Life Support System? 
2. Do we have alternatives for spin gravity? 
3. Rough estimation of materials and time needed for construction of our design?
4. What kind of Artificial intelligence is enough for MVP?
5. Stages of construction and where to get resources?

Based on these questions we then designed our Own space station using O'Neill cylinder design as a starting point.

Benefits:

On this space station we finally settle down in space, simulating earth environment we can sustain long term habitability such that we can research:

• We may know something about how to produce stuff in 9-10ish m/s2 or 1 unit of earth gravity and sometimes conflicted micro-gravity (due to moon gravity), but we know nothing about rest of them gravity settings.
• Biology research also needs to be conducted with safety precautions always available, here we can experiment and validate instead of just speculating.
• New scientific findings are best researched where they can be easily replicated

and develop:

• New materials
• New medicine
• New Industrial processes
• Additional Astronomical data sources

How to build a space station?

Automated asteroid mining and processing infrastructure is needed for construction of space station and ad hoc upgrades during the life cycle of the station to facilitate research.

When mining and ore processing operation has been fully established, building of the space station can begin by automatically fabricating structures and covering them with resulting byproducts (e.g. slag from metal extraction processes) to provide further shielding from radiation and random impacts.

As insides of the station are inflated and stay pressurized, spin tests can be conducted, using mining equipment. After passing the pressure test, robotically assembled structure is ready for first human construction workers.

Workers can come either from mars, if there is an established human presence, where they can somewhat recover from the loss of bone mass due to travel time or fly to the station for re-acclimation at simulated earth gravity. Workers will bring with them needed equipment, for example newest printers for more complex things than simple construction shapes, such as electronics and electrical actuators to furbish the new station with essential functionality for human habitation.

Essential functionality is determined by following minimal requirement: life support system is fully functional.

Life support system consist of:

• oxygen supply
• water supply
• land
• nutrients: minerals and complex biologicals
• temperature
• pressure
• waste management
• spin gravity
• control over all six degrees of freedom of motion of the space station

Once the station has been built and furbished with functionality and comfort, workers who built the station can choose to stay or even take turns to maintain and upgrade it as a rotating permanent Core crew.

At this stage first researchers and developers can start arriving to the station, for manageability, in the beginning we recommend a 50/50 ratio of crew to visitors.

The station can be used as a refueling station and it should have the capability to produce rudimentary space crafts too.

Following NASA resources were used to validate our concept and help us to get some rough estimates of what materials and construcs are required to make the space station work, we could have used more resources but did not have the time to read through it all.

1. https://www.edn.com/international-space-station-iss-power-system/
2. https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/9-12/features/F_How_Far_How_Faint.html
3. Hazards of human space flight: https://www.nasa.gov/hrp/5-hazards-of-human-spaceflight
4. Space Biology Program https://science.nasa.gov/biological-physical/programs/space-biology
5. https://www.nasa.gov/content/life-support-systems

We also interviewed all of our local mentors

Jaan Praks

Heidi Kuusniemi

Kendall Rutledge 

Anna-Stina Latvala

This was my first Hackathon, the event was organized well and I had good time. Learned a lot of new things about space, space stations and it’s effects on humans. We had a good team with great communication and at first we divided the roles and the research questions. I would like to thank all team members for a great first experience of hackaton.

Sara Harju

It has been a good experience as it is my first time attending a hackaton event. I learned a lot about space stations, how space affects the human body and space related projects. In the beginning we defined our roles and divided the research questions among us. Our team spirit was good so we had good discussions about how to solve problems we faced. I’d like to thank my teammates for a good first experience of hackatons.

Tewodros Ambaw

This was a great learning experience in participating in a hackathon topic which is very much outside my professional experience. We did good cooperation as a team and divided the roles in answering research questions to tackle the challenges. I would like to thank all team members for being nice and great co-working skills. 

Sarvarbek Sulaymonov

The Space Apps Challenge really excited me. I would say it’s been incredibly awesome! The Challenge made me think about Space Health issues I’ve never encountered before, and we tried to find solutions together with the team. I believe our project can be a basement for Future Space Exploration with minor improvements. I would like to thank all team members, especially Max for accepting me to the Team although we’ve never seen each other. Thanks for a great experience!

Maksim Korobkin

Long time no hackathons for me. This was a perfect opportunity to get back on the saddle and sharpen my skills. This time around I had a lot of first timers in my team and it made me happy to share my passion with the next generation.I’m a transhumanist, so naturally I’m interested in making tools for achieving this goal, selecting this challenge was a no-brainer for me. Biggest challenge that we had was continuous Integration of new members into the plan that is being executed. Problem solving with this team was a breeze, I’d like to thank everyone for bravely taking on the challenge and having a good team spirit. 

Helena Deus

Space is no longer the final frontier for humans - new life is. As we move further away from Earth, we have come to realize how incredibly dependent we are on this planet which we continue to over-populate and destroy. As a trained biologist, this has worried me for a very long time but work and life has not given me an opportunity to think thoroughly about solving this problem. Until I heard about the NASA space apps “BUILD A SPACE BIOLOGY SUPERHERO” challenge. 

This hackathon has been a fantastic opportunity to think through what are the opportunities that space has for us and our ability to use modern tools of genetic sequencing and engineering such as single-cell transcriptomics and CRISPR, respectively, to advance life on earth and adapt to survive and thrive in new environments. 

We considered launching a new species into uninhabited planets to initiate spreading life beyond our little planet. For that, we would need to create super-organisms that would survive the journey. So, rather than trying to engineer them, why not use the already well tested mechanism of Evolution to enable that? We solved that challenge with the O’neill system. 

The second consideration was the need to adapt new generation of humans to the harsh conditions of space: the lower gravity, the cosmic rays and the need to survive for long enough to reach new stars. The solution for this came through with CRISPR engineering of newer generations. There are many extremophile organisms that can survive in harsh conditions - they are alive and some of the genes they evolved can be inserted into human cells. Space is the perfect place for such modifications to the human genome since we would be growing a new generation of “super-humans” that never called Earth their home and therefore would likely not have a desire to return. 

Resources:

1. https://www.edn.com/international-space-station-iss-power-system/
2. https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/9-12/features/F_How_Far_How_Faint.html
3. Hazards of human space flight: https://www.nasa.gov/hrp/5-hazards-of-human-spaceflight
4. Space Biology Program https://science.nasa.gov/biological-physical/programs/space-biology
5. https://aaltofi-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/jaan_praks_aalto_fi/EalbdVkztehOg25qkvDSPh0BKHGhxzStoLPJ_PD2ukNv-Q?e=KMFeij
6. https://www.nasa.gov/content/life-support-systems
7. http://www.artificial-gravity.com/sw/SpinCalc/
8. https://openai.com/dall-e-2/ 
9. https://www.issnationallab.org/about/iss-timeline/ 
10. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/02/science/iss-20th-anniversary-timeline.htmlttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Neill_c
11. https://www.repairerdrivennews.com/2020/03/20/homeland-security-cisa-guidance-calls-auto-repair-essential-for-u-s-infrastructure/
12. https://www.axelos.com/certifications/itil-service-management/
13. https://www.techtarget.com/searchbusinessanalytics/definition/big-data-analytics
14. https://www.hpe.com/fi/en/solutions/artificial-intelligence.html?jumpid=ps_ws7idqvz6t_aid-520061736&ef_id=Cj0KCQjwyt-ZBhCNARIsAKH1175YyDAueoTv6wmE3AN315fWhk-fSG0mUN_PnNv9uNJHF7EPfo9y0YgaAhbGEALw_wcB:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!13472!3!547798463272!p!!g!!ai%20intelligence!14747235086!127997088695&
15. https://www.history.com/news/plane-automation-autopilot-flight-302-610
16. https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/global-ai-weather-forecaster-makes-predictions-in-seconds/
17. https://www.dynatrace.com/monitoring/platform/artificial-intelligence/predictive-monitoring/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=predictive%20monitoring&utm_campaign=fi-im-infrastructure-monitoring&utm_content=none&gclid=Cj0KCQjwyt-ZBhCNARIsAKH1175zS_r3AdmRTzJJhRWsp2q3ufcvsqvfOOGWMMxz_RU2lzQTUF_St-saApdIEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
18. https://app.diagrams.net/
19. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g/playlists

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