mashup of Victor Serban’s photo of a Nutella jar from Unsplash with an Artemis II photo of the Moon. — 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. This of course missed examples such as the Austin Powers film (with Moon Unit Alpha and Moon Unit Zappa). Fortunately, Wikipedia has a set of movies set on the Moon.

In the AI section, which persisted throughout the episode, actually – “AI!” – the co-hosts talk about the 3D models created by Google’s Gemini. They also take a moment to consider the reported cybersecurity vulnerability discoveries from Anthropic’s project Glasswing.

Rounding out the episode for this week, the crew takes a look at the Android XR capability for turning 2D websites, apps and more into 3D experiences. And a fun reboot of Wolfenstein 3D in isomorphic form – though a bit of a challenge without remapping the keys.

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