The small group of developers behind the upcoming official NASA MMO have shattered their fundraising goal for the game's beta. They initially wanted to earn $25,000 for Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond through donations on their Kickstarter page, but 962 backers ended up donating a total of $46,719!

Project Whitecard Inc. and Virtual Heroes of Applied Research Associates won a contest to create the official NASA MMO. A playable beta is expected to launch in December 2012.