NASA Researches Ethereum Blockchain Tech for Deep Space Exploration

[felixesteban]

A research project funded and co-run by NASA is looking to leverage the Ethereum blockchain’s smart contracts technology to automate spacecraft maneuvering while avoiding space debris.

In developments that could potentially have significant implications for deep space probes, NASA is putting resources behind a research project that fundamentally envisions the use of blockchain technology to enhance and make space communications and navigation more efficient and safer.

The research project, named the ‘Resilient Networking and Computing Paradigm’, will be lead by Dr. Jin Wei Kocsis, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Akron (UA).

The recipient of a three-year $330,000 grant, Kocsis will look to develop a cognitive architecture wherein spacecraft will no longer need to rely on crucial information from scientists on earth.

Instead, Ethereum-based smart contracts will help spacecraft ‘think on their own’ to detect and evade floating space debris that could prove significantly damaging in the event of a collision, an announcement from UA explains.

Dr. Kocsis added:

    In this project, the Ethereum blockchain technology will be exploited to develop a decentralized, secure, and cognitive networking and computing infrastructure for deep space exploration. The blockchain consensus protocols will be further explored to improve the resilience of the infrastructure.

https://www.ccn.com/nasa-researches-ethereum-blockchain-tech-for-deep-space-exploration/

[EmoneyABC]

This is just insane how many use cases blockchain technology has. There is no limit, all is possible. This is new paradigm and nobody knows what for impact this would have on our live. I'm sure this technology will change the world. If this will be true then Satoshi and Vitalik should be added as a candidate for the Nobel prize.

[Lukasz]

I admire your enthusiasm however you need to acknowledge that it is a possibility and certainly money spend on research is not wasted money . Money spent on research will contribute to the whole database that humanity have thus far researched