Bellavia is a shallow diving artificial intelligence submarine. Bella a test bed for Life support, systems integration and the AI – human interface. I run through a few commands so you can get the feel of what’s it’s like to interact with her. The submarine uses windows voice macros, Arduinos, C#, deep learning and old style expert system in its architecture. It seems an odd fit however the submarine is a key development tool and test bed for our Airship to Orbit program. She already shares code and systems with our high altitude airships.
UFO, aliens, just what is in the hanger? New Video: https://youtu.be/Lkj6lKTV30o This is a walk around look at the Ascender 9 high altitude airship while floating in the hanger undergoing tests. What’s in your hanger?
Mission delay. Away 131 flight to 100,000 feet just got bumped due to weather. The forecast is showing cloud cover above (way above) legal mins. The fire just south of the flight area sending off pyrocumulus clouds and extreme wind events isn’t helping.
I don’t do opinion pieces. However, something has got to me & I’m making an exception. The FAA has changed it’s rules about who gets to be called an astronaut on the same day that Wally Funk flew to space denying them all wings. This is petty.
We use our submarine as a spacecraft analog. It lets us develop life support systems, develop system integration techniques, do training etc. We just uploaded a video showing a typical work session on the sub: