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HealthNASA calls for AI to treat astronauts on a mission
The American space agency collaborates with Google to develop an artificial intelligence tool that would help resolve health concerns in space.
The digital assistant developed by NASA would then make sense during long -term missions, helping astronauts to make a diagnosis and choose a treatment independently.
IMAGO/ZUMA WireAt a time when the United States is relaunching its space program, NASA is focusing on artificial intelligence (AI) to treat astronauts in space. In collaboration with Google, the American space agency is currently developing an AI tool capable of making a diagnosis and offering treatments during long -term missions where access to assistance from Earth will be limited, if not impossible.
According to a recent Google blog post, the “Crew Medical Digital Assistant” (CMO-DA) has already given promising results during first trials by establishing “reliable diagnostics based on reported symptoms”. “Google and NASA are now collaborating with doctors to test and refine the model,” says the Internet giant.
NASA astronauts are trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, basic first aid and behavioral health. They also know the specific diseases of stays in space, such as decompression evil, and have access to medical equipment aboard the ISS. They are supported by medical teams on the ground and, in an emergency, can return to earth.
Forty minutes of waiting for a response
But during the missions to Mars, located more than 500 million kilometers from our planet, it would take at least six months to repatriate an astronaut to treat it, reports Euronews. In addition, for each communication with the land, it would take a period of 40 minutes in each direction. The CMO-Da would then make sense, helping astronauts to treat symptoms independently.
The NASA Artemis program aims to bring humans back to the moon. A mission with a crew must go around the natural satellite of the earth in April 2026, but will not arise. This is the following mission, Artemis III, scheduled for 2027, which should have two people, a man and a woman aluni. This first six -day stay should be followed by others, long -term. Ultimately, the lunar base will serve to prepare for future spatial exploration missions to Mars.
