Space agencies from around the world are in Brisbane attending a symposium discussing Australia's space-related initiatives and the role of AI in space exploration.
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00:00Well, robotics and AI have well and truly taken over here at Brisbane's Convention and
00:07Exhibition Centre, and it's all for the International Space Symposium.
00:11Now, it's only held once every two years, and this is the first time it's been hosted
00:16right here in Australia.
00:17Now, I'm unable to get onto the moon for this exhibition and to show off all the incredible
00:22technology that's available, but I'll do you one better.
00:25I've got a real-life astronaut, Catherine Bennel-Pegg, who is the first qualified Australian
00:30astronaut and also the Director of Space Technology at the Australian Space Agency.
00:35Catherine, how does it feel to have the Space Symposium being held right here in your home
00:39country?
00:40Oh, we're so proud here in Australia to have this, you know, Automation, Robotics and AI
00:45for Space Conference held here in Australia.
00:47You know, Australia is absolutely punching above its weight on the world stage in these
00:51technologies and capabilities, and now here we have the world's space agencies and experts
00:56descending here in Brisbane to prepare for the future.
01:00How incredible.
01:01Now, you are headlining this summit.
01:04It's almost like being a rock star at a concert.
01:08What can we expect?
01:09Oh, I'm going to be talking about the big picture of what's happening in the world of
01:12space and how it applies to these technologies.
01:15You know, in space we are doing so much great work that's accelerated by automation, AI
01:20and robotics, and space underpins our daily life.
01:23So it's really important we capture the best of those and apply it.
01:27Things like, you know, helping to see our planet and communicate with people on it from
01:31above to develop new medicines on the International Space Station and soon to go back to the moon
01:36when we're going to learn more about Earth using technologies perhaps, you know, from
01:40the deserts and remote areas and industries of Australia.
01:43How incredible.
01:44Now, tell me a bit about what this does to sort of help your job as being an astronaut.
01:50A lot of the advancements in technology, including robotics and AI, can actually help
01:54you?
01:55Absolutely.
01:56So today we're already using these technologies to help in the space industry, whether it's
02:00from mission design and planning to optimising, say, new thruster designs to helping us navigate
02:05in space or on Mars and more.
02:08But in the future, you know, having more autonomous systems in space will unlock new opportunity
02:13and new capabilities and will help astronauts to do their job better and to go ahead of
02:17astronauts where things may be too dirty, dusty, dull or dangerous for us to go there.
02:23And actually Australia has its own rover called Roover in preparation to go to the moon within
02:29the decade and that is a really exciting advancement for our country, our first lunar mission.
02:35How incredible.
02:36Thank you so much for your time.
02:37The International Space Symposium will be held right here at Brisbane's Exhibition and
02:41Convention Centre all the way till Thursday this week.