Notes, diary entries and crew holograms strewn throughout the environment build an immersive sci-fi world that finds effectiveness in its authenticity, leaning more into scientific realism than high-concept fiction. Richly detailed environmental design, atmospheric lighting and a sweeping synth score conjure an uneasy ambience which successfully sets the stage for the game’s tumultuous events. Now, years later, as Earth’s last astronaut, you must venture to the WSA’s lunar base to investigate what happened on that fateful day and reestablish the facility’s link with Earth in a final bid to save mankind.īeginning your journey on the now desolate surface of our once blue planet, Deliver Us The Moon’s opening chapters establish an enthralling atmosphere while sowing the seeds of its intriguing narrative. Yet when a sudden blackout in 2054 halts all communications with Earth and with it the planet’s access to Helium-3, all seems lost. With the World Space Agency (WSA) having secured a new energy source known as Helium-3, mankind seemed to have renewed its hope of survival.
In a near-future where Earth’s natural resources have been exhausted, man has colonized the moon in search of a solution. Deliver Us The Moon, the debut from Dutch developer KeokeN Interactive, stays true to this blueprint, offering a compelling, contemporary tale of solitude and survival. This juxtaposition between the familiar and fantastical is what makes the genre so enticing, allowing us to explore wondrous worlds through the relatable lens of the human experience. Ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Read more: How Many Times Has the U.S.Good sci-fi centres around human stories.
Read more: How JFK, LBJ and Nixon All Put Their Stamp on the Apollo 11 Moon Landing And the United States would go on to complete six crewed missions that landed a total of 12 astronauts on the moon from 1969 to 1972. The men who had traveled more than 200,000 miles to the moon and then stepped foot on an alien world had survived. Watching Apollo 11 live from the moon, the President could only hope he wouldn't have to read it. His staff had prepared a statement to be read in the event the worst happened and organized a priest to commit their souls to the deep, much like a burial at sea. If anything went wrong, he would have to manage America’s outrage over billions of tax dollars culminating in the death of two astronauts. Watching Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin take their first steps on the moon, Nixon’s anxiety reached a peak.
Johnson, in fact, had long been a space advocate, saying in 1958, "Control of space is control of the world." dominance, Johnson reported back, was by sending a manned mission to the moon. Just months after JFK’s inauguration, the Soviet Union had sent the first man into space. Kennedy asked his vice president, Lyndon B. In a 1962 meeting with advisors and NASA administrators, JFK confessed, "I'm not that interested in space." But he was interested in winning the Cold War. Kennedy had boldly pledged that the United States would “set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people."īut secret tapes of Kennedy’s discussions would later reveal that in private, JFK was less interested in space exploration than in one-upping the Soviets. JFK was more focused on beating the Soviets than in space.
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