Giuseppe Galilei

What would you ask a space mission? I’m Giuseppe, the developer behind Hera Space Companion, and in this video I’ll show you around the AI companion for ESA’s Hera planetary defence mission. Try Hera for free: https://hera.esa.int/ I wanted everyone to feel part of the crew. We’ll explore your own crew badge, the spacecraft’s 3D model, the orbital map, a simulated arrival, telemetry, mission updates and the people behind the mission. Then I’ll try voice mode: asking Hera for a mission image, finding the camera on the model and exploring the Mars flyby on the map.

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I built the Hera Space Companion, an AI companion for ESA’s Hera mission that you can talk to by text or voice. Then I shared it with my hometown in southern Italy for an evening of space, science and hands-on experiments. I grew up feeling I had to leave to build the life I wanted. Now I’m back in Presicce-Acquarica, in Salento, working on Hera Space Companion and wondering what I can help make possible here. With teachers, families and local astronomy enthusiasts, we put together an evening about space at Palazzo Ducale. We explored planetary defence through games, made clay asteroids, simulated impacts in sand and talked with Hera’s AI companion about the kids’ creations. Then we went outside to look through telescopes beside a historic church.

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