I’m sure coincidence exists That’s why I wrote my last column saying that it’s time for us to realize the fantasy of cultivation on the moon, and just today I decided to write about a special mission that has been known for a few days.
If you’re reading this, it’s highly likely that humans are returning to the moon more than half a century after the first. After launch on April 1, 2026, the ship will enter a full lunar voyage. The Artemis II mission builds on its history and provides the first steps for the future Artemis III mission and others to help field pruebas to some day send ships tripuladas to Mars.
For example, as Artemis II emerges, engineering teams use the radiation data that the team led by Commander Reid Wiseman receives to design shields that will protect future Mars pioneers.
I assume you saw the viral video of pilot Victor Glover saying that Tierra is our spaceship, emphasizing the importance of unity and calling for cooperation. I say, “You’re talking to us because we’re on a ship far from Earth, but you’re on it a ship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live in space. In all that emptiness—this mountain of nothingness, this thing we call space—we maintain this oasis, this beautiful place where we can co-exist.”
Victor tested the video to help him understand that regardless of culture or creed, the view from space is a record of who we are and that we must overcome the wrongs of the world right now.
Putting this great news to one side and trusting that the politicians who run the world understand and care… I’m going to veer off the trajectory of my column a bit to talk about technology.
That’s obvious The world has changed a lot since the birth of the Apollo missions And it’s not at all surprising that the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing is what allows a real mission to be far more intelligent than the Apollo mission.
But there is much more to itthe technology will focus on the ship and ground crewsas the SLS message (Space Launch Systemcurrently the most powerful in the world, capable of generating 39 meganewtons of energy), the Orion capsule (with an Avcoat heat shield capable of withstanding 2,800°C on return to our planet), the European Service Module (ESM, the “heart” of the ship, providing electricity through solar panels and regulating the internal temperature between 18°C and extreme cold in the AVAR project) 4°C AT on chips, a revolutionary technology that uses the astronauts’ own cells in small devices to study how cosmic rays affect human beings in real time).
Volviendo a la IA y al cloud computingI dare say AI is the digital co-pilot aboard this flying data center, which is a special shipenabling predictive maintenance (by analyzing flight telemetry in military situations), autonomous navigation (if communication with Houston is lost, the AI can recalculate the free-return trajectory using optical sensors that recognize lunar craters as reference points) and many advanced voice assistants.
Anyway, the cloud is what enables the Artemis II data architecturea hybrid model that combines different types of the same: edge computingprivate and sovereign cloud and public cloud. El edge computing (y el AI edge) It is the most critical technology for sending data to the ground and for the later expected late response; the ship carries its own servant, el Space computers. This makes it possible process scientific data and perform diagnostics as well as depending on Houston.
The private cloud (upper cloud) also plays a vital role: NASA uses a highly secure infrastructure to manage telemetry data and astronaut health. The reason not to leave this infrastructure in the hands of third parties is obvious: data freedom is vital.
Finally, the public cloud plays on paper for the massive distribution of images and videos captured by the trio these days. This allows thousands of people to see it streaming without the collapsar of NASA servants.
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