By Jim Rossignol on February 22nd, 2010 at 2:44 pm.
It seems to be space-walk week here on RPS. We started off swooping about in the Shattered Horizon free weekend, and now we’re performing difficult space-tasks on the international space station, thanks to NASA’s Station Spacewalk Game. If you ever wondered where all that spare money is going now that Obama cancelled the second trip to the moon, well, look no further!
22/02/2010 at 14:56 MadMatty says:
the 3d models look good, but earth is a bit low-res… hope they include hi-rez versions of the planet- gonna give it a go later.
22/02/2010 at 14:59 Rich says:
This gun doesn’t have enough guns.
22/02/2010 at 15:04 TimA says:
This is quite nice actually, the ISS is well represented in its modelling and it’s a useful toy for anyone who wants to learn about the components of the thing and their orientation.
22/02/2010 at 15:21 Crazy Person says:
The ISS is a hoax!
22/02/2010 at 15:41 Stijn says:
Wasn’t there an actual SPACE WEEK on RPS a year ago or so?
22/02/2010 at 15:53 shai says:
WHERE ARE THE LASERS?!?!
22/02/2010 at 15:56 Diogo Ribeiro says:
“earth is a bit low-res”
I think that’s how advanced alien civilizations look at us, followed by “Crush the puny voxels down to a pulpy sprite!”
22/02/2010 at 16:04 Rob says:
Spacewalking eh? Is there a jump button?
22/02/2010 at 16:05 SpinalJack says:
That’s pretty good though they could hire someone to polish it up a bit. Also I’m pretty sure oxygen isn’t used to power everything in a space suit…
22/02/2010 at 16:18 P7uen says:
Oblivion with solar panels.
22/02/2010 at 16:46 Diogo Ribeiro says:
Fallout with stars!
22/02/2010 at 16:18 the wiseass says:
“Astronaut, the sparkles will help you.”
22/02/2010 at 17:14 creiij says:
man I sucked at this, flew far into space and then the truss hit me… never gonna be an astronaut =) 5ld8
22/02/2010 at 17:30 MadMatty says:
The trick is to be very patient, and use tiny amounts of thrust as far as i can remember.
Better to use 30 seconds to turn around, than to be possibly floating out in the middle of nowhere flying mach 7?
22/02/2010 at 17:53 alinkdeejay says:
Go as fast as you want and magically stop with the z button. And the sparkles help too.
22/02/2010 at 17:57 MadMatty says:
Damn, why would they take out the anal-retentive bits in a spaceflight sim?
23/02/2010 at 13:02 Ginger Yellow says:
Yeah, the magical stop button was a bizarre choice. I mean, that’s the really distinctive thing about EVAs, right? You can’t just stop on a dime. Well, that and you’re in space. So why include it?
22/02/2010 at 22:10 klasjlkjklfjakl says:
Always wanted to go to Florida.
23/02/2010 at 07:45 Spacewalk says:
If only all things had a magical stop key.