T+315: Autonomy in Space (with Simone D’Amico, DJ Bush, and Al Tadros)

Simone D’Amico of Stanford and EraDrive, DJ Bush of NVIDIA, and Al Tadros of Redwire join me to talk about autonomy in space, to get into the specific details of what they’re working on and how it comes together, and what it may do for the industry in the next few years. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 32 executive producers—Joonas, Russell, Donald, Stealth Julian, Pat, Fred, David, Lee, Frank, Josh from Impulse, Steve, Joel, Joakim, Matt, Natasha Tsakos, Tim Dodd (the Everyday Astronaut!), Kris, Theo and Violet, Heiko, Will and Lars from Agile, Jan, Warren, The Astrogators at SEE, Ryan, Better Every Day Studios, and four anonymous—and hundreds of supporters . Topics Episode T+315: Autonomy in Space (with Simone D’Amico, DJ Bush, and Al Tadros) - YouTube Simone D'Amico | LinkedIn Center for AEroSpace Autonomy Research (CAESAR) Stanford spinoff EraDrive claims $1 million NASA contract - SpaceNews DJ Bush | LinkedIn How Starcloud Is Bringing Data Centers to Outer Space | NVIDIA Blog Al Tadros | LinkedIn Redwire Space | Heritage + Innovation NASA Starling - Autonomous Tip and Cue in Orbit NASA Starling - Distributed Optical Navigation NASA Starling - Autonomous Space Domain Awareness VISORS - Precise Formation-Flying Autonomous Spacecraft 3D Model Reconstruction The Show Like the show? Support the show on Patreon or Substack ! Email your thoughts, comments, and questions to anthony@mainenginecutoff.com Follow @WeHaveMECO Follow @meco@spacey.space on Mastodon Listen to MECO Headlines Listen to Off-Nominal Join the Off-Nominal Discord

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This episode was published on Nov 11, 2025.

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