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Affordable Space Tourism: SpaceStationSim
| Issue: |
2006 |
Category: |
Consumer/Home/Recreation |
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| Page: |
44 |
Center: |
Johnson Space Center |
| State: |
MD |
Manufacturer: |
Vision Videogames, LLC |
| Origin: |
International Space Station |
| Tech Terms: |
Virtual, Education, International Space Station |
| Abstract: |
| Vision Videogames, LLC, of Towson, Maryland, completed a Space Act Agreement with NASA to create the interactive video game, SpaceStationSim, in which players role-play as the NASA "Chief Administrator," managing astronauts on the ISS in a 3-D simulated environment. The agreement was a continuation of one between NASA and GRS Games before Vision Videogames management bought the company in March 2004. The agreement provided the company with information from, and access to, NASA personnel, so that it could make the most accurate game possible. NASA personnel even volunteered to be beta testers for the new game. In this game, as in real life, the astronauts face mission-critical situations, including meteor strikes and decompression, while conducting microgravity experiments and dealing with troublesome space tourists. |
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