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Text To Spaceship: Accelerating Mission Development With AI at NASA

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CDFAM Computational Design Symposium
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Sep 15, 2026
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Summary

CDFAM Computational Design Symposium — Washington DC 2026 Ryan McClelland · NASA Goddard AI is transforming how we design and build space missions. At NASA, we’ve already shown that AI can take requirements and rapidly generate optimized structures that are lighter, stronger, and delivered in days instead of months. The Text-to-Spaceship vision scales this up through a secure, cloud-deployed ecosystem of AI-accessible design, analysis, and manufacturing tools. Language-defined requirements flow through these automated systems, accelerating mission development by an order of magnitude. In this talk, I’ll share how we’ve gone from balloon brackets to full payload designs and why Text-to-Spaceship is becoming a near-term reality that will redefine how we explore the universe. Links Talk page with full transcript Watch the talk on YouTube Cite this talk Search the full text of every recorded CDFAM presentation This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.designforam.com