Go For Launch

With a shuttle mission taking place right now, this is the perfect time to take another look at a game of knowledge inspired by American spacecraft. "Go For Launch", created in 1998 by a technician working on the shuttle, is a board game of the Trivial Pursuit ilk. The board is based on a shuttle mission, but the questions (in English) are broader, organised into the five following categories: Apollo, Mercury and Gemini, planetary exploration, the space shuttle, and space techniques applied on earth. Anyone curious – or fanatic - about space will have great fun answering (or trying to) the game's 500 questions. "Go For Launch" is distributed by Space Shirts (see this article).

Go For Launch website

Published on 31 august 2009

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