The submarine is teaching us how to build crewed spacecraft.
The three big areas the sub is working out are integration, life
support, and AI.
Intrgration
The
number one thing the sub is teaching us is integration of a crewed
system. Integration has been a big stumbling block in the space
industry and we want to make our mistakes early.
Life Support
This vital component of spaceflight is often overlooked and thought
about last. One just need to read Astronaut's Scott Kelly book
'Endurance' to realize that even NASA still has trouble with this one.
Developing the sub's life support systems not only gets us systems for
use in high altitude airships and spacecraft, but also builds a base of
experience in the organization.
Artificial
Intelligence
Bellavia
is controlled with an on board Artifical Intelligence system. All
interaction between tsubmarine systems and the crewmember on board are
through voice. The Bellavia system allows us to develop and workout
issues with AI/Crew interactions is a real vehicle environment.
Bellavia
is
a shallow diving submarine. It's capable of operating down to one
hundred feet, however we a limiting the operating depth to fifty feet
with typical depth of twenty five feet. Everything we need to learn we
find out in the first five feet.
Building Belle
What's in a name? Bellavia was named after the Chuck Mangione song "Bellavia'.
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Bellavia AI Research Submarine
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