As far as geek gods go, John Carmack is right up there. Not only has he programmed games like DOOM and Quake, but he's also into engineering rockets. Real rockets. So when NASA announced that it will be developing a 3 million dollar MMO for the youth, game site GigaGamez sent Carmack an email. His response?

..the end result will probably be a turkey (a MMOG focusing on formal education... sounds thrilling!)

[I] do support efforts to enhance math/science/engineering education, and I could imagine something interesting coming out of it if they were willing to focus on game-like scenario and actions, rather than trying to be some sort of generic Second Life sort of environment.

Yes, no furries doing it in zero-G. 'Kay, thanks. Still, shouldn't NASA be doing other stuff? Like space stuff? Budget cuts might have push the MMO back, thankfully. Brian Ashcraft

Carmack Gives NASA Advice [GigaGamez via Alice]