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NASA Launches Moonbase Alpha

Posted by Soulskill on from the to-boldly-grind dept.

Several readers have sent word that today NASA launched Moonbase Alpha, an online game with single- and multi-player capability that "allows participants to step into the role of an exploration team member in a futuristic 3-D lunar settlement." The game is available now through Steam for free. Moonbase Alpha was built as a precursor to an upcoming NASA MMO called Astronaut: Moon, Mars & Beyond, and they hope it will be "a proof of concept to show how NASA content can be combined with a cutting-edge game engine to inspire, engage and educate students about agency technologies, job opportunities and the future of space exploration."

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  1. Moonbase Alpha! by grub · · Score: 0, Redundant


    Is this before or after the nuclear dump sends the Moon out of Earth orbit? If after, dibs on Helena!

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  2. MoonBase Alpha... by CosaNostra+Pizza+Inc · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wasn't that the name of the base in the 1970's Sci-fi series "Space 1999"?