NASA Releases Unreal Engine MMO Preview Demo
After you finish this, try playing some Doom for space-marine training.
Last year we learned that NASA was working on an Unreal-engine powered MMO game called Astronaut: Mars, Moon, and Beyond. It's partly a recruitment tool to get the younger generation interested in space exploration and research, much like the aims are with America's Army.
The final version of the NASA MMO isn't out yet, but released this week is Moonbase Alpha as a free preview. You've got nothing to lose, so grab it on Steam if you've always wonder what it'd be like to be a space cadet.
In Moonbase Alpha, you assume the exciting role of an astronaut working to further human expansion and research. Returning from a research expedition, you witness a meteorite impact that cripples the life support capability of the settlement. With precious minutes ticking away, you and your team must repair and replace equipment in order to restore the oxygen production to the settlement.
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interesting... not enough people want to be astronauts these days.
Yeah, exactly what we need. Its time to take over the Galaxy !!!!!!
That completely freaked me out.
Music is way too epic for what you know is gonna be a slow and steady MMO
LOL this game looks like terribly programmed propaganda, just like America's Army.
Soil particles removed by wheels are wrongly rendered. They should move faster (no air resistence), and contrails should being wider, because of the lower gravity.
Cool idea, I guess...but what's the point of this game? Looks like a very slow-paced Farmville on the moon. What are we trying to accomplish?
Will there be anomalies and bases on the dark side of the moon?
Music is way too epic for what you know is gonna be a slow and steady MMO
lolll exactly what i was thinking
but really its a game by NASA the quests will most likely revolve around collecting rock samples
So, we pretty much have no space program, yet we need to recruit astronauts?
NASA used to be the worlds leader in space exploration and now it is a joke. Their #1 priority under the Obama regime is not space but to reach out to Muslims. I have to ask a common sense question when I read about this, WTF does that have to do with space exploration but what do you expect from the worst president in US history.
NASA used to be the worlds leader in space exploration and now it is a joke. Their #1 priority under the Obama regime is not space but to reach out to Muslims. I have to ask a common sense question when I read about this, WTF does that have to do with space exploration but what do you expect from the worst president in US history.
You need to quit watching Fox News it's warping your brain
looks gay !!!
it sucks dont bother!
Looks interesting, content wise it could be a good distraction from the usual games..
NASA used to be the worlds leader in space exploration and now it is a joke. Their #1 priority under the Obama regime is not space but to reach out to Muslims. I have to ask a common sense question when I read about this, WTF does that have to do with space exploration but what do you expect from the worst president in US history.
It can't be easy to clean up after Bush!
They want a large numbers of person to apply to be astronauts so they can pick the 10 "perfect" candidates from a big pool and send the other 99.99% back home seeking for a new dream.
It is really not government agency's role to advertise themselves with tax payer's money. NASA has became bloated and inefficient. They use out of date computer languages that have no chance of drawing young able software engineers.
And to be fair to Obama, the 3 biggest one day deficit increases are under Bush, double the size of the education department and started 2 wars that are money drains. So sometimes an in-effect leader is better than a hyperactive leader. But it is just pains me to wait for the oil to fill the ocean.
That isn't moon base alpha, I didn't see any Eagle landers?
You need to quit watching Fox News it's warping your brain
Actually it was on Al Jazeera with an interview with the director of NASA.
But I guess if you want to believe it was on Fox news then more power to you.
You need to quit watching Fox News it's warping your brain
My father has been working for NASA the since the start of the Shuttle Program and what regulas said is in fact correct. The Obama administration does want NASA to reach out to Muslims and Muslims countries. However it is NOT the #1 priority but actually listed as the 4th or 5th priority for NASA. Their #1 priority is still listed as space exploration so I would not worry too much. That will take up so much they may not even get to the whole reach out to Muslim deal.
It is really not government agency's role to advertise themselves with tax payer's money. NASA has became bloated and inefficient. They use out of date computer languages that have no chance of drawing young able software engineers.And to be fair to Obama, the 3 biggest one day deficit increases are under Bush, double the size of the education department and started 2 wars that are money drains. So sometimes an in-effect leader is better than a hyperactive leader. But it is just pains me to wait for the oil to fill the ocean.
Actually to be fair the 3 largest single day increases are Obama's. And 6 of the top 10 single day debt increases have occurred in the past 2 years under both Obama and Bush.
"Daily debt calculations jump and fall, and big shifts are common. But all three of the biggest one-day debt increases have occurred under the tenure of President Obama, and all of the top six have been in the past two years - an indication of just how quickly the pace of deficit spending has risen under Mr. Obama and President George W. Bush." Citation-todays copy of the Washington Post.
My father has been working for NASA the since the start of the Shuttle Program and what regulas said is in fact correct. The Obama administration does want NASA to reach out to Muslims and Muslims countries. However it is NOT the #1 priority but actually listed as the 4th or 5th priority for NASA. Their #1 priority is still listed as space exploration so I would not worry too much. That will take up so much they may not even get to the whole reach out to Muslim deal.
The point of the matter is that none of NASA's priorities should have to do with reaching out to Muslims or Muslim nations.
NASA used to be the worlds leader in space exploration and now it is a joke. Their #1 priority under the Obama regime is not space but to reach out to Muslims. I have to ask a common sense question when I read about this, WTF does that have to do with space exploration but what do you expect from the worst president in US history.
are you even reading your own posts?
Actually to be fair the 3 largest single day increases are Obama's. And 6 of the top 10 single day debt increases have occurred in the past 2 years under both Obama and Bush."Daily debt calculations jump and fall, and big shifts are common. But all three of the biggest one-day debt increases have occurred under the tenure of President Obama, and all of the top six have been in the past two years - an indication of just how quickly the pace of deficit spending has risen under Mr. Obama and President George W. Bush." Citation-todays copy of the Washington Post.
Sorry it is the Washington Times not Post.
Does that mean we can also destroy a settlement by diverting meteorites into their settlement?
What will be the PVP component to this game?
Soil particles removed by wheels are wrongly rendered. They should move faster (no air resistence), and contrails should being wider, because of the lower gravity.
Are you taking into account that this is all done in a studio in Hollywood and not on the moon? /sarc
"All your bases are belong to us"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d78 [...] re=related
i dont care what you people say i want to play it
Does that mean we can also destroy a settlement by diverting meteorites into their settlement?What will be the PVP component to this game?
Well I guess if you want PVP, you could yank the air tubes on the suit.
If they somehow made it like a Sim City type deal it just might actually work for them,in regards to getting the young interested, but then again the above video is the only thing I have seen of this so called MMO. I have to agree with some of the previous post in regards to government and military trying to make FPS, MMO's or what have you, it does feel a little propagandish.
lolll exactly what i was thinking but really its a game by NASA the quests will most likely revolve around collecting rock samples
It should fit right into the MMO genre of clicking mindlessly till your finger bleeds quite nicely then.