Dr. Amanda Analytics

03/27/2026

🌎 A senior official from the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Office recently warned about the growing risks of space debris.

So I wanted to see what the data actually shows.

🛰️ Using real satellite tracking data from Space-Track.org maintained by United States Space Force and SAIC, I analyzed where objects are concentrated in orbit, and the results are pretty clear:

👉 The majority of tracked objects are packed into low Earth orbit. This insight tells us that congestion in critical orbital regions, where collision risk is highest is where we should focus.

⚙️ I also connected this to my PhD research, where I used machine learning, clustering- DBSCAN for anomaly detection to identify high-risk objects and patterns that aren’t obvious from traditional analysis.

❓ Curious how this looks in the data? I walk through it in my latest YouTube video below.

🎥 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ2a3m55P9M

🚨 A U.S. intelligence official is warning about growing risks from space debris, but what does the data actually show?In this video, I break down recent com...

03/18/2026

🚀 NVIDIA just announced AI for space-based data centers. According to NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Earthdata, Earth observation systems are distributing ~600 TB of data per day.

Let that sink in.

We are now handling more space-based data than we can efficiently transmit and process in real time which creates a critical constraint.

❌ Not data collection

❌ Not sensing capability

✅ But how fast we can move and act on data

This is where the shift happens. Instead of sending everything back to Earth, AI is moving into orbit- filtering, prioritizing, and analyzing data at the source. We are seeing this across domains at scale.

In my research on space situational awareness, the challenge was determining what mattered fast enough to act. At scale, preprocessing is a requirement. This is a theme I consistently emphasize in the courses I facilitate through Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Emeritus for AI Product Developers and C-suite AI leaders:

☑️ The technology will continue to evolve

☑️ The real challenge is the data

How we:

🧲 Collect it
⚖️ Govern it
🧼 Clean it
💻 and Process it

…ultimately determines whether AI systems succeed.

💡 The implication:

Real-time decision-making in space becomes possible.

✅ Faster disaster detection
✅ More responsive intelligence systems
✅ Improved collision avoidance

🏆 And ultimately better outcomes on Earth. 🌎

🎥 I break this down in more detail in my latest YouTube video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bPzbXtM71nM&t=29s&pp=2AEdkAIB

❓ What do you think, does moving AI into space fundamentally change how we respond to events on Earth?

I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments.

Nvidia just announced AI computing for space-based data centers— but this isn’t really about hardware.It’s about a much bigger issue:👉 how fast we can proce...

03/12/2026

🌎 Excited to be hosting and moderating this panel at TestFormation 2026! As a Board Director for TMMi America, I’m thrilled to bring together technology and engineering leaders across AI, cybersecurity, and high-performance computing to explore what quality leadership really looks like in the age of AI.

Join us for the discussion this afternoon March 12, 2026 at 11am EST! Register for this free conference and our panel session here: https://tmmiamerica2024.zohobackstage.com/TestFormation2026 #/

Looking forward to seeing you there!

03/02/2026

Very excited to share that my LinkedIn community has now grown to 17,000! Would love to have you join me on Linkedin if you have not yet!

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandafetch/

02/05/2026

🚀 Loving this trend better than the ChatGPT doll trend. All this one takes is uploading a photo of yourself and asking ChatGPT to create a caricature of you in any scenario of your choice! Mine was in a computer lab working as a space scientist. Interesting that it automatically put me at NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Has to be because they are the best!

01/16/2026

🚀 After a brief hiatus, I’m returning to my LinkedIn newsletter, "Tech, AI, Space, Oh My!" with a new piece: Space Is Where AI Governance Gets Real.

🌌 Much of the AI governance conversation unfolds while regulatory frameworks and enforcement mechanisms are still evolving. Space alters that dynamic. In orbit, autonomous and AI-assisted decisions accumulate over time, persist for decades, and shape a shared environment long after the moment of action has passed.

📡 This piece reflects on what space reveals about autonomy, risk, and stewardship, and why it may be the clearest early signal for where AI governance is headed next.

Check it out below! Make sure to subscribe if this content resonates with you 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/space-where-ai-governance-gets-real-dr-amanda-fetch

Hello Earthlings, I’m Dr. Amanda Fetch, and welcome to my newsletter.

01/15/2026

🛰️ Most of the systems we rely on every day from GPS, satellite internet, weather forecasting, quietly depend on satellites operating safely in orbit.

In this short video, I highlight what’s changing in 2026 and why satellite safety is becoming an operational priority.

👉 The full breakdown and sources are in the YouTube video, link to video and Reuters article in the comments.

Curious to hear your thoughts on where this is headed.

01/07/2026

🗺️ Space-Track is currently displaying a United States Space Force alert tied to an anomalous debris event involving a Starlink satellite.

In this video, I walk through:

✔️ What was reported
✔️ What space-tracking systems are showing
✔️ And what the low Earth orbit environment actually looks like today

🛰️ I also share a LeoLabs visualization that looks intense at first, and then becomes almost unbelievable when the debris layer is turned on.

This is about scale, context, and how debris events are evaluated in an increasingly crowded orbital environment.

💭 Question for discussion:

👉 When the U.S. Space Force flags an event like this, what are they really looking for, and how much uncertainty is acceptable in orbit?

🎥 Watch the full breakdown here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_cTmvoIPXM4&t=2s

Space-Track is currently displaying a U.S. Space Force alert tied to an anomalous debris event involving a Starlink satellite, and in this video, I break dow...

01/01/2026

🎉 Happy New Year 2026! Looking back, 2025 was a turning point for orbital debris risk.

Data from the European Space Agency’s Space Environment Report 2025 shows that the number of objects in Earth orbit continues to rise, largely due to fragmentation events like collisions and propulsion-related failures. 👉 https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_Debris/ESA_Space_Environment_Report_2025

This trend is being amplified by the rapid growth of commercial satellite constellations, which are increasing congestion in key low-Earth orbit altitude bands.

In 2025, Space.com reported a first-of-its-kind incident where orbital debris damaged the viewport of China’s Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, forcing a delayed crew return and the launch of an uncrewed replacement vehicle. 👉 https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/space-debris-led-to-an-orbital-emergency-in-2025-will-anything-change

That’s a qualitative shift of which debris is no longer just a background risk. It’s now altering human spaceflight operations.

If this trajectory continues, the Kessler effect becomes less theoretical and more operational.

How do we intervene before debris growth becomes irreversible? Would love for you to check out my newest YouTube video and leave your thoughts in the comments!

Oh . . . and per my tshirt, "Please do NOT feed the AI" in 2026! 😆

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hmv-_UWC9Q8

Space got riskier in 2025 as the number of objects in Earth orbit continued to rise.ESA’s Space Environment Report 2025 represents the most recent comprehens...

12/25/2025

🎅🛰️ Santa is a pop-culture symbol of a global overnight journey, but what does Earth actually look like from space at night?

Using real satellite imagery from NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, I ran a quick situational awareness snapshot.

I break down the full analysis in my latest YouTube video.

🎄 Happy holidays — link in comments

12/15/2025

🚀 AI was just trained in space using Shakespeare.

A satellite equipped with an NVIDIA H100 GPU trained and ran modern AI models in orbit. This marks a real shift in where Generative AI compute can happen next.

Why this matters:

• Data-center-class AI hardware is now operating off-planet

• GenAI scaling is running into energy and infrastructure limits on Earth

• Space-based compute introduces a new frontier for sustainability, resilience, and autonomy

I break down what actually happened, why it’s meaningful for GenAI, and how it connects to broader space and AI systems in my latest video.

Check out my video here 👉🏽 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hGCUaaIp9Gk&pp=0gcJCSkKAYcqIYzv

12/04/2025

Some cool photos of the moon this evening!