The development of autonomy capablities is on the critical path to addressing a set of vastly important sstrategiec technical challenges arising from the future NASA mission set : reduction of mission costs, increased efficiency in the return of quality science products, and the launching of a new era of solar system exploration characterized by sustained presence, in-situ science investigations and missions accomplished via multiple, coordinated space platforms. These new classes of space exploration missions, as a rule, require new capabilities and technologies.
['Richard J. Doyle']
Inspiration for Future Autonomous Space Systems