"Thanks to the shutdown, there have not been too many innovative government programs operating over the past few months. NASA was able to continue its latest crowdfunding challenge, which asks people to help design new tires for future moon missions, largely because that is hosted by its partner site, HeroX. But beyond that, most everything was either shuttered or running with skeleton crews."
"Now that things are back on track and the government is reopening, agencies will likely be putting a lot of effort into getting their systems back online and ensuring that their cybersecurity infrastructure is still functioning perfectly. Next week I am hosting a webinar with both government and industry experts to discuss that very topic, and I am looking forward to hearing about what they have to say, and sharing that information with everyone."
"With so few official government games launching lately, I decided to go back to space anyway, albeit virtually. That led me to Reentry: A Space Flight Simulator for the PC on Steam, which turned out to be one of the most detailed and realistic astronaut simulations I've ever played. It's not a NASA title, but it might as well be. The developers have clearly done their homework, and the result feels like a living tribute to the early days of space exploration."
Government shutdowns left most agencies closed or operating with skeleton crews, though NASA continued a HeroX-hosted crowdfunding challenge asking the public to design moon-mission tires. As agencies reopen, priority focus will be restoring systems and verifying cybersecurity infrastructure, with an upcoming webinar set to feature government and industry experts on those topics. Few agencies currently produce video games, but NASA maintains a large educational catalog. A return to virtual spaceflight led to discovering Reentry: A Space Flight Simulator on Steam, a highly detailed PC simulation that recreates Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo cockpits and procedures.
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