Nobody can hear what you are saying in space.
In a video that failed to go viral, Lockheed Martin showed off an Amazon-enabled "party mode" on the spaceship, which was built for NASA's first Artemis mission.
The video shows an Earth-based scientist say "Alexa, party mode" through a small speaker on board the spaceship, prompting the digital voice assistant to display a tacky display of flashing lights.
We feel it's a ploy to build business relationships rather than improve the experience of astronauts.
Right now, the voice assistant industry is in serious trouble. Amazon got hammered by serious layoffs this month, which turned out to be a huge blow to their finances.
Callisto, the uncrewed capsule on which it was placed, had both an iPad and an Amazon.com speaker in it.
It is meant to test new ways for astronauts to stay in touch with their families back on Earth while they travel to the Moon and back. Changing up the lights could serve as a way to entertain astronauts while they are in outer space.
Rob Chambers said that if you're not controlling the lights with your voice assistant, you're not hitting the minimum bar for success.
After all, the novelty of fart noises and other dad jokes wears off pretty quickly, so it's not clear if an Amazon speaker will add any value to the missions.
There are more stories about testing on NASA's spacecraft.
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