The future in space: Smarter, smaller and more cooperative satellites?
Presenter: Prof. Dr. Klaus Schilling, Center for Telematics (CfT), Wuerzburg, Germany A paradigm change in spacecraft engineering is observed: traditional multi-functional, large spacecraft are complemented by robust systems of networked, cooperating, distributed small satellites. These trends seem similar to transitions in information systems since 1970 from large mainframe computers to a cloud of