Former Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi said Wednesday the growth in artificial intelligence technologies is set to have an impact on space ventures in an age of commercialization and increased competition in the space field.Noguchi, who is now chief technical officer of the Institute for International Socio-Economic Studies, said on a webinar hosted by The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation in Washington that the information technology and AI fields are growing fast."AI will eventually come to space exploration," he said.While noting that AI use is currently limited on the space statio…READ FULL ARTICLE