S3 E7: How Neuro-Space Is Using Machine Learning To Explore The Moon w/ Irene Selvanathan, CEO

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In the seventh episode of Season 3, Irene Selvanathan - CEO and Founder of Neuro-Space brings us to the Moon using the power of Machine Learning.

Irene has over a decade of experience as an Engineer and worked in companies such as FTI Engineering Network GmbH, Exolaunch, and German Orbital System GmbH.

Did you think that Tesla, Google, Uber, etc. were the first ones to heavily invest in self-driving cars? Well, think again!!! In fact, NASA created the technology for autonomous driving for Mars Rovers almost a decade ago. A Machine Learning based navigation and driving system for self-driving rovers helps to explore space at low cost.

Irene's vision with Neurospace is to democratize access to the moon and other planetary surfaces and enable new scientific discoveries and commercial applications.

NEUROSPACE is a Berlin-based NewSpace company founded in 2020 by a group of experienced engineers in the fields of space engineering, software, and physics. The company is developing a new generation of small and affordable rovers for the exploration of the moon and other planetary surfaces. The rovers are based on the CubeSat standard and will be equipped with state-of-the-art machine-learning algorithms for navigation and driving.

Tune in and listen to:

• Start-up trajectory of Irene [Start: 1.25 min]
• What is a Moon rover [Start: 6.00 min]
• How to go into space [Start: 10.30min]
• How to deal with uncertainty [Start: 21.30 min]
• Tools & Tactics to get started in Space Tech [23.33 min]

You can find Irene here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/irene-selvanathan/ and Neuro-Space here: https://www.neuro-space.de/