(485e) Keynote Talk: Toward Autonomy for Safe and on-Demand Biomanufacturing on Mars

Biomanufacturing holds promise as a versatile and economic means to transform in-situ resources into products that support long-term crewed space exploration and human mission to Mars. Bioproduction targets for Martian life-support systems primarily include pharmaceuticals, sustenance, and biopolymers that can be used in diverse additive manufacturing applications. A distinguishing feature of a space biomanufacturing factory compared to Earth-manufacturing factories is how versatile and robust a space factory must be to ensure crew survival in unknown environments and under mission uncertainties. In this talk, we will present our vision as to how the autonomy of a Martian biomanufacturing factory will require the safe, robust, and verifiable composition of deep learning, perception, mission planning, and optimal control in a feedback loop.