Lockheed Martin showed off an Amazon Alexa-enabled 'party mode' on board NASA's uncrewed Orion spacecraft, which is making its way around the Moon.
was outfitted with both an Alexa speaker as well as an iPad, featuring video conferencing software developed by Cisco Systems.
It's meant to test new ways for astronauts to stay in touch with folks back on Earth while they travel to the Moon and back, a journey that can take weeks. It could also theoretically serve as a way to entertain astronauts as they spend weeks zipping through outer space — and that includes changing up the lights to brighten the mood.
"If you're not controlling the lights with your Alexa, you're really not even hitting the minimum bar for success," Lockheed Martin VP Rob ChambersBut whether an Alexa speaker will add any real value to the missions remains to be seen — after all, the novelty of
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