NASA “Holoported” Doctor on the International Space Station

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NASA Flight Surgeon Dr. Joseph Schmid delivers a space salute on October 8, 2021, while being transferred to the International Space Station.

Astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency

I have a new name for your vocabulary: Holoportation.

It’s a mix of “hologram” and “teleportation,” and while it may sound like it, it’s not just a niche science fiction term buried somewhere in Isaac Asimov’s novels and Star Trek episodes.

In October, NASA used this mind-boggling futuristic mechanism NASA Flight Surgeon Dr. Joseph Schmid has been flown to the International Space Station while safely growing on our planet. No need for missiles.

Fernando de la Pena Laca, CEO of AEXA Aerospace, an organization that helped develop Holoportation equipment, and several other team members join Schmid on this multidimensional journey.

“It’s an entirely new way of human exploration in which our humans can travel far from the planet,” Schmid said in a statement. “Our physical bodies are not there, but our humans are.”

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Members of the Holoportation team will actually be delivered to the International Space Station on October 8, 2021. From left to right Andrew Madrid, Dr.

Astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency

As hard as it may be to believe, Holoportation isn’t exactly a new technology. Microsoft came up with this idea a few years ago, but their primary goal was: Revolutionary sectors such as advertising, hospital care and education and since then The concept is steadily developing. But NASA’s recent efforts have taken the achievement to the next level.

This is the first time such a virtual transfer has successfully brought people in beyond planet earth

Here’s how it all happened.

Essentially, high-quality 3D models of Holoporters are developed, digitally compressed, transmitted, and reconstructed in the space lab – all in real time.

Meanwhile, a mixed reality display aboard the International Space Station, Microsoft’s HoloLens, allowed Holoportors and astronauts to see, hear and communicate with each other as if they were in the same physical space. Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, for example, had a two-way conversation with Schmid and de la Pena in the middle of the International Space Station, despite being miles and miles from the Holoporters.

So the trio shook hands.

“We will use this at our special medical conferences, special psychiatry conferences, special family conferences, and to bring VIPs to the space station for astronaut visits,” NASA said in a statement.

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HoloLens 2 from Microsoft last year.

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In the future, the agency plans to expand the scope of its system by adding an augmented reality feature, which would give holoporters the ability to physically move around the space station and observe objects as if they were really there. You can say anything but physical touch.

This could help with extraterrestrial telemedicine for astronauts, International Space Station construction projects, and even benefit greatly from future deep space exploration. The last part is essential, as standard wireless communications usually experience delays of up to 20 minutes when speaking (outside) somehow with systems. Holoportation allows Holoporters users to stay on board to communicate in real time.

“It doesn’t matter that the space station is traveling 27,500 miles per hour and constantly orbiting the Earth,” Schmid said. “The astronaut can be back in three minutes or three weeks, and with the system in the air, we’ll be there, alive aboard the space station.”

In addition, NASA says this could have direct applications on Earth, such as researchers working in harsh environments or specialists in military operations.

“Imagine having the best real-life coach or designer of some particularly complex technology by your side no matter what you’re working on,” Schmid said. You can work together on the machine, just like two of the best surgeons working during the operation. That should put everyone at ease knowing that the best team is working together on an important piece of hardware.”

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