NASA Wants its MMO Created for Free

fyc writes "It seems that the educational MMORPG NASA's proposing will no longer have a budget of $3 million. Instead, any prospective development partner is being asked to create and maintain the MMORPG for free under a 'non-reimbursable Space Act Agreement'. It won't be a one-sided agreement, though. From NASA's RFP: 'In exchange for a collaborator's investment to create and manage a NASA-based MMO game for fun and to enhance STEM [science, technology, engineering and mathematics], NASA will consider negotiating brand placement, limited exclusivity and other opportunities.'"

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Re:Great plan -- I should try that.

[somersault]

Well, NASA has a pretty good brand name and strong advertising possibilities (via careful organisation of their satellites to spell out the URL). You may have an Evangelion unit at your disposal, but the fact that it needs to be connected to a power cable kind of limits your sphere of influence.