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45 E.Pay attention and ask questions to further your understanding F.If you don􀆳t know where to start G.Make them a chance for you to relax and express yourself Future Astronauts Could Travel With Emotional Support Robots To help astronauts of the future survive the mental chalenges that come with residing in space for extended periods of time, space travelers􀆳 missions could soon be accompanied by AI-powered, empathetic robotic assistants. Not only does space travel present astronauts with a slew of physical strains and stresses, spending months or years in such a physicaly demanding place with limited space and the same people can also raise an abundance of mental tests as wel. According to MIT Technology Review, scientists are working to aleviate astronauts from some of the latter chalenges by creating “an AI assistant that􀆳s able to intuit human emotion and respond with empathy”. While such a technology would prove itself useful by being able to anticipate the needs of crew members and “intervene if their mental health is at stake”, it has the potential to be life-saving when humans choose to explore beyond Earth􀆳s gravitational field and towards deep space. An AI assistant with empathy could be exactly what􀆳s needed to provide emotional support for astronauts on deep-space missions to Mars. Though astronauts currently on the International Space Station have an inteligent robot to interact with caled CIMON, it lacks proper emotional inteligence according to NASA CTO Tom Soderstrom. As a result, a