I watched STS-123 takeoff from in front of the Launch Control Center at Kennedy on Tuesday morning while you were asleep (except for jayWHY). This video is from a different location but is pretty much what I saw. More importantly, it's pretty much what I heard. Turn up your speakers.

I use the word "awesome" too much. But that's a pretty good way to describe the event.

NASA wants to build a massively multiplayer online game. They've got a project office setup to support this effort: http://ipp.gsfc.nasa.gov/MMO/

I am in the process of writing a proposal for my lab in an attempt to win the work or partner with them. I'll try to share the final version once it is finished.

I would like to know your ideas for the game. How do you think it should be presented to the gamer?

Note that NASA didn't call this an MMORPG. So, this doesn't have to be a RPG. Also know that NASA has a big presence in Second Life.

How do you make a game that teaches science, technology, engineering, and mathematics while making it fun? How do you make it so that it coincides with NASA's current and future missions?

I look forward to reading your feedback.