Miguel A. Lopez-Medina, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:45:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Miguel A. Lopez-Medina, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 Beyond the downlink: Why Earth-independent AI is the next moat in space operations https://spacenews.com/beyond-the-downlink-why-earth-independent-ai-is-the-next-moat-in-space-operations/ https://spacenews.com/beyond-the-downlink-why-earth-independent-ai-is-the-next-moat-in-space-operations/#respond Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=556336 Illustration of autonomous satellites. Credit: NASA

Every new space mission runs into the same wall: physics and fragility. Physics, because the speed of light and contested spectrum make real-time decision-making from the ground impossible when you […]

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