325. UFO Stories & AI as Co-Pilot for Artemis II
The Sharyl Attkisson Podcast
Sharyl Attkisson
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🗓️ 5 April 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
AI means a giant leap for technology compared to the Apollo Moon missions. Also, some cool astronaut insider stories that may leave you wondering about what's out there.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everybody, Cheryl Akison here. Welcome to another edition of the Cheryl |
| 0:07.6 | Ackison podcast. Today, from pocket calculators to super advanced technology, Artemis II's |
| 0:17.3 | co-pilot is AI. In the 60s and 70s, NASA's Apollo program achieved what many at the time thought would be impossible, |
| 0:26.6 | sending astronauts to the moon, using technology that today fits into a child's toy. |
| 0:32.6 | The Apollo guidance computer, the spacecraft's onboard brain, it had just 4 kilobytes of random access |
| 0:40.2 | memory RAM and 72 kilobytes of read-only memory, ROM. That's less processing power than a modern |
| 0:47.3 | pocket calculator. Astronauts instead relied on banks of switches and manual controls. They had constant voice contact with Earth-based mission controllers, |
| 0:58.0 | who were the ones who performed the most complex calculations on the ground. |
| 1:03.0 | Today with Artemis II, the first manned lunar mission since Apollo 17 and |
| 1:08.0 | 1972, NASA is sending four astronauts |
| 1:11.8 | on a 10-day fly-by-the-moon |
| 1:13.8 | using the Orion spacecraft |
| 1:15.7 | and this time |
| 1:17.0 | artificial intelligence |
| 1:18.6 | serves as a tireless digital |
| 1:20.5 | partner, transforming how |
| 1:22.5 | man travels into deep space. |
| 1:26.3 | Springs blooming at Starbucks. |
| 1:29.4 | A new season calls for new discoveries |
| 1:31.8 | like our iced ube vanilla matchelote, |
| 1:35.2 | smooth, creamy and nutty, |
| 1:37.2 | balanced with notes of vanilla. |
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