e550 — Moontella
From Games At Work dot Biz by Michael Rowe, Michael Martine, Andy Piper
April 13, 2026 · 24 min · Season 15 · Episode 550
About this episode
The episode celebrates the Artemis II mission and discusses various topics including Nutella in space and AI developments.
Mashup of photo by Victor Serban on Unsplash & images-assets.nasa.gov/image/art002e009287/art002e009287~orig.jpg Published 13 April 2026 e550 with Michael, Andy and Michael – celebrating Moon Joy with the Artemis II crew, Nutella in space, AI, an isomorphic reboot of Wolf3D and a whole lot more! Michael, Andy and Michael get things started for this episode with stories Artemis II mission, recorded just a few hours ahead of the splashdown off the California coast. The Artemis II mission has captured the attention of many and reignited interest in space and space exploration. NASA has leaned into the Moon Joy and the celebration of the Artemis II crew has inspired and touched the co-hosts. Check out the Artemis II moon wallpaper, and the LunarWall shortcut courtesy of Federico Viticci. In addition to the Rise mascot floating around the Artemis capsule, the world certainly took note of the floating Nutella jar. This was not the only COTS product aboard. In addition to the photos shot on iPhone and Nikon D5, Jessica Alba’s Honest lotion also had its moment. NPR had an entertaining story about all of the Moon movies – at least those that had Moon in the title. …
People in this episode
Hosts: Michael Rowe, Michael Martine, Andy Piper
Topics covered
- space exploration
- Artemis II
- AI
- Nutella in space
- 3D models
- moon movies
Keywords
- Artemis II
- space
- Nutella
- AI
- 3D models
- moon movies
- NASA
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NASA, NPR, Wikipedia, Google
Products: Nutella, Honest lotion, iPhone, Nikon D5, Gemini
Books & works: Austin Powers, Moon movies
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