NASA drone test advances autonomous landing tech

On August 27, an Alta-X drone carrying NASA's SPLICE navigation system performed simulated moon landings at Rogers Dry Lake near Edwards, California. The payload is designed to help future spacecraft identify safe touchdown spots on the lunar surface and beyond, without human guidance. This matters because autonomous landing capability could reduce mission risk on planets where real-time communication delays make remote piloting impractical.

Would you trust an autonomous system to land a spacecraft on another world?

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