{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaking-ai-possible.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fmaking-ai-possible-in-space-tfuTOFlw","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Making AI Possible: In Space! - August 2025","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/8512186d-2ee4-470c-aae0-597484489f76/295afc5e-495b-4c19-9f91-614985ab140a/cal-makingai-assets-v2-key-20art-small-20copy.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/3fee775b-750a-4b80-82da-cb4dd82d4658\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Making AI Possible: In Space! - August 2025\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"In our August 5 webcast/podcast, host and Caltech Affiliate Director of AI Programs Nicholas Beaudoin talks with special guest Manuel Gonzalez-Rivero, Director of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at the Aerospace Corporation. Together they will explore how to make AI possible—in space, covering these topics:  \n\n1. The challenges/costs/hardships unique to the space environment that make AI difficult, and how it measures the best of our energies and skills.\n2. How we move from research to production in the space context to accept and meet these challenges.\n3. Key technologies to embrace as quickly as possible (because the pace of progress is breathtaking)\n\nWe'll be drawing from John F. Kennedy's famous September, 1962 speech on the space race challenges that still ring true today in the context of AI and space. We'll cover the robust pace of scientific advancement, the high cost and hardships—and the robust rewards.\n"}