When we think of space exploration, we picture towering rockets, satellites orbiting Earth and astronaut footprints on the moon. However, behind these grand achievements lies an unsung hero: time series data. Today, as physical AI (or AI that interacts with and learns from the physical world) plays a growing role in space missions, the ability to capture and manage that data at scale has become mission-critical.

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Evan Kaplan is the CEO of InfluxData.