Information Requested for NASA-Based MMORPG

Teancum writes "By now, most people are aware of the U.S. Army's video game, America's Army. It turns out that NASA has submitted a Request for Information for what would be a NASA-themed MMORPG of its own. The deadline for the proposals is February 15th. NASA's plans focus on education. 'A NASA-based MMO built on a game engine that includes powerful physics capabilities could support accurate in-game experimentation and research. It should simulate real NASA engineering and science missions in a medium that is comfortable and familiar to the majority of students in the United States today.' This certainly doesn't deserve to get thrown onto the traditional dust heap of educational proposals for a half-baked game that nobody will actually play."

zerg rush kekekeke

[Pvt. Cthulhu]

this of course will result in the Koreans being the first on Mars.

or maybe green

[User 956]

It turns out that NASA has submitted a Request for Information for what would be a NASA-themed MMORPG of its own.

Red-shift is the new purple.

Re:zerg rush kekekeke

[Karthikkito]

Or a whole legion of schoolchildren who are really really good at linear algebra. Pre-game talk: "prepare to get row reduced!"

What's it going to be called?

[Anne_Nonymous]

>> a NASA-themed MMORPG of its own.

What's it going to be called, My Space?

Re:zerg rush kekekeke

[flyingsquid]

I can't wait to upgrade my Standard Rockwell Pressurized Helmet for a Savage Gladiator's Space Suit Helmet of Justice +3. Along with my Merciless Lunar Boots of the Fox and my Wrathful Life Support System of Stealth, that will increase my chance to find life on Mars by 13%.

Re:Oh good!

[node 3]

Easy enough: F-U-N-D-S

Re:zerg rush kekekeke

[Pvt. Cthulhu]

wanna join my epic raid guild? we're doing Proxima Centauri tomorrow night.

New game with new memes

[xPsi]

Guild discussion before a major raid as the team prepares to set their lander down on Titan:

Player1: 32.33--repeating of course--percentage of survival.
Player 2: That's a lot better than we usually do.
Player 3: Ok. Take'er down steady. Contact in 3, 2, ---
Leroy: All right chums, let's do this with English Units! LEEROOOOY JENKINS!
<lander strafes across the surface of Titan in a violent tumbling explosion, missing the landing zone by 62.137 km, killing everyone on the team>
Player 1: Goddammit, Leeroy!
Player 2: Leeroy, why do you do this shit?
Leroy: It's not my fault. <awkward pause> At least I've got chicken.

Klingons

[Krneki]

I'm going to pick the Klingons.

WOOT!

[PhearoX]

One more shuttle disaster and I'll ding lvl 60!!!

SWEET! I just looted a Nosecone of Negligence off A Disgruntled Engineer! ...I'm going to be coming up with these all day... Thanks /.

No Lisa Nowak jokes yet?

[Axis of Weasel]

I would think quest items would be more along the lines of +5 Diapers of Great Storage and Sacred Binding Rubber Tubing of Torture.

Please...

[FlopEJoe]

Please include green women who ask, "what is this human thing you call kissing." thx.

Secret Weapon

[Myself980]

This project was probably suggested by the NSA, and the trip to Mars will be in real time. Imagine all the technologically elite Chinese that will give themselves heart attacks trying to accomplish the 700 day trip to Mars by eating speed at the local internet cafe. That'll solve those covert data-mining issues they're having with them!

Yah, this one will be fun...

[dghcasp]

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Re:zerg rush kekekeke

[bluie-]

That's a troubling point. Perhaps they should merge their game with America's Army so that we could counter any such rush with some bunkers full of marines.