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Demo For NASA MMO Coming In January

Posted by Soulskill on from the hope-you're-good-at-regolith-farming dept.

News of the upcoming NASA MMO, Astronaut: Moon, Mars, and Beyond, has been scarce since its announcement in 2008, but NASA recently revealed that a "mini demo game" is coming in January that will show off some of what they've completed so far. "Moon Base Alpha utilizes actual NASA Constellation program design details developed by NASA for mankind’s return to the Moon in 2020. Timelines in the much anticipated Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond MMO will be set even farther in the exciting future (2035+), but the ability to explore our own near-future moon missions is also planned for in the forthcoming game facilitated by the NASA Learning Technologies and Innovative Partnerships Programs." They're provided a slideshow and a brief video, and one of the developers spoke about the game with Edge last month.

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  1. Not so great by Locke2005 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hear the PvP action in this game sucks...

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  2. Re:Ha by ArsonSmith · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's going to use the new duke nukem engine.

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  3. Re:I don't see how the game can fly without B.E.Ms by vlm · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nobody is going to wan to hop around amongst a bunch of giant beer cans with a wrench in their hand.

    Beer and wenches always go together... Oh, you said "wrench"

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  4. can't wait by fred+fleenblat · · Score: 3, Funny

    i'm looking forward to the part in the game where you put on adult diapers and drive 900 miles to shoot at your romantic rival with a BB gun.

  5. Re:Ha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Haven't you heard of Health Care Bill Forever, its due out Feb. 30th.

  6. Re:Will it be like Spore? by s_p_oneil · · Score: 2, Funny

    Heh. Toss in plenty of delicate problems where a simple mistake could cause everyone to die (followed up by hours of corpse recovery to get your equipment back), and the old EQ fans would be right at home playing it. ;-)