Send us a text!This week: iPhones are officially in SPACE! 🚀… but it almost didn’t happen. We break down the wild story of how the iPhone barely made it onto a NASA mission and the insane approval process behind it. Plus: Apple’s cooking up something just as shocking—a folding “iPhone Ultra” that WILL cost over $2,000. Plus plus: Apple’s long-term iPhone strategy and the strange struggles of the iPhone Air. From Cupertino… to the Moon 🌕—this one’s a ride.SponsorsSquarespaceIf you’ve been thinking about building a website — or rebuilding one that hasn’t aged well — head to Squarespace.com/cultcast for 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain with code CultCast at checkout.CultClothKeep your gadgets, glasses, and more sparkling clean with CultCloth, premium grade cleaning cloths available only at CultCloth.co. Support the CultCast!Fork over $5 a month, show papa ERF you care, at support.thecultcloth.com.You can also go to unfork.thecultcast.com to unfork your support!StoriesApple's Three-Year Plan to 'Reinvent' the iPhone is Underwayhttps://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/08/apple-three-year-plan-to-reinvent-iphone/iPhone Ultra's Price Range Revealedhttps://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/08/iphone-ultra-price-range-revealed/Apple is Reportedly Facing a 'Massive Dilemma' With the MacBook Neohttps://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/07/macbook-neo-massive-dilemma/Leaker: Apple Will Release iPhone Air 2 No Matter How Badly It May Sellhttps://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/08/iphone-air-2-to-launch-no-matter-what/Apple Had to Heavily Discount the iPhone Air to Sell Ithttps://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/09/iphone-air-needed-discount-to-sell/How NASA approved the iPhone 17 Pro Max for the Artemis II space missionhttps://appleinsider.com/articles/26/04/04/how-nasa-approved-the-iphone-17-pro-max-for-the-artemis-ii-space-missioniPhone's iconic space photoshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/55187293546/in/photostream/https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/55187189317/in/photostream/