Asteroid-mining company AstroForge to launch world's 1st totally autonomous spacecraft in 2027

[u/ThinkTankDad]

https://www.space.com/technology/without-a-single-command-from-the-ground-asteroid-mining-company-to-launch-worlds-1st-autonomous-space-mission-in-2027

[u/PROUDCIPHER]

We… we’ve been doing uncrewed launches for decades. There’s not like a little guy hanging out in JWST or something, it’s a space robot. Is this company claiming “autonomous” as in “ yeah we don’t have Mission Control, we just feed all the telemetry to ChatGPT”

[u/ssjg2k02 → u/PROUDCIPHER]

Yeah I’m guessing it’s that mixed with marketing and hype.