e549 — Dark Side of the Moon

About this episode

The episode discusses the Artemis II mission and various technologies used in space exploration.

NASA photo art002e009057, 4 April 2026 Published 6 April 2026 e549 with Andy, Michael and Michael – boldly go into a deep set of space discussions featuring Artemis II, ways to keep track of the historic flight, COTS software and hardware aboard the spacecraft, Bernie Sanders conversation with Claude, TU Wien’s mini QR code and a whole lot more! Andy, Michael and Michael boldly go into a deep set of space discussions focusing on the launch of Artemis II.  Mission Control starts off with the Artemis II Tracker built by Jakob Rosin for Jakob Rosin, and as he says, every other space nerd who stayed up for launch night.  The tracker is a fantastic assembly of data related to the mission, and is well worth bookmarking to keep up to speed on the progress of the astronauts as they approach the Moon and make their return journey to Earth.   Andy, Michael and Michael take a look at an article describing how COTS (commercial, off the shelf) technology are used in space missions, and the steps needed to ensure such technologies are appropriate for the mission.  It is no surprise that iPhone use aboard Artemis II caught the co-hosts’ attention, and after recording…

People in this episode

Hosts: Andy, Michael, Michael Rowe

Topics covered

• space exploration
• Artemis II
• COTS technology
• NASA
• iPhone in space
• mission tracking

Keywords

• Artemis II
• COTS
• NASA
• iPhone 17 Pro Max
• space mission
• mission control
• tracker

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TU Wien

Products: iPhone 17 Pro Max

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