<s>
Moonbase	B-Protocol
Alpha	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
that	O
provides	O
a	O
realistic	O
simulation	O
of	O
life	O
on	O
a	O
natural	O
satellite	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
potential	O
Moon	O
base	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
Army	B-Application
Game	I-Application
Studio	O
,	O
developers	O
of	O
America	B-Application
's	I-Application
Army	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Virtual	O
Heroes	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
NASA	B-Protocol
Learning	I-Protocol
Technologies	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
6	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
download	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moonbase	B-Protocol
Alpha	I-Protocol
remains	O
available	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
has	O
been	O
playable	O
at	O
an	O
exhibit	O
at	O
the	O
Museum	O
of	O
Science	O
and	O
Industry	O
in	O
Tampa	O
,	O
Florida	O
since	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moonbase	B-Protocol
Alpha	I-Protocol
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2032	O
and	O
focuses	O
on	O
simulating	O
a	O
day	O
in	O
the	O
life	O
of	O
a	O
lunar-based	O
astronaut	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moonbase	B-Protocol
Alpha	I-Protocol
was	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
precursor	O
to	O
Astronaut	B-Protocol
:	I-Protocol
Moon	I-Protocol
,	I-Protocol
Mars	I-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
Beyond	I-Protocol
,	O
NASA	O
's	O
massively	O
multiplayer	O
online	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moonbase	B-Protocol
Alpha	I-Protocol
was	O
released	O
to	O
mixed	O
reception	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moonbase	B-Protocol
Alpha	I-Protocol
also	O
spawned	O
a	O
meme	O
surrounding	O
the	O
DECtalk	B-Application
text-to-speech	B-Application
functionality	O
within	O
its	O
internal	O
chat	O
system	O
,	O
where	O
users	O
would	O
spam	O
certain	O
nonsensical	O
phrases	O
and	O
words	O
into	O
its	O
chat	O
rooms	O
,	O
parsed	O
by	O
the	O
TTS	O
system	O
in	O
a	O
humorous	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
