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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) currently rely heavily on Earth-based doctors whenever medical issues emerge hundreds of kilometres overhead.
That arrangement works reasonably well in low Earth orbit, where communication delays remain short enough for near real-time consultation sessions.
It becomes far less practical once crews travel beyond Earth orbit, where signals can take minutes rather than seconds to arrive.
An AI doctor built to work without an internet connection
Researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston are now testing a clinical decision support system called Crew Medical Officer Digital Assistant, or CMO-DA.
The system is designed to help astronauts diagnose and treat medical conditions during deep space missions, where real-time...
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