AI is ready to run spacecraft. Is the space industry ready for it? (op-ed)

Martin Halliwell is a Partner at NewSpace Capital, one of the world's first private equity firms devoted exclusively to growth-stage companies working in the space technology sector. He formerly served as Chief Technology Officer of SES, where he led global technology and R&D from 2011 to 2019. Halliwell contributed this article to Space.com's Expert Voices section.There are now some 16,000 active satellites in orbit. Market intelligence firms like Novaspace say that up to 43,000 satellites