Rocket Brain 1.1
Rocket Brain brings back the old 'NASA Brain' app, and adds some additional features and enhancements. The use of the NASA logo and NASA in the title are not allowed, so the old app had to be removed.
Rocket Brain allows you to view the insignias of some of the old NASA manned space missions. You can also play a memory game with the insignias by collecting them and scoring points. Select each image only once for the maximum points. A small thumbnail will be added to the bottom to help you keep track of what you have already selected. Each Group contains a fixed number of images. Once you have selected the last image in the group, the game is over. You can get bonus points if you select quickly. You will lose points if you select an image you have already selected. The optional tracker allows you to see what you have already selected, though the images are very small.
Use the Select view to choose which group (currently only Apollo, Gemini, Mercury, and some STS) to use for the game, and view some information about each program. The items in the top score list can be expanded to show more detail about the score. The maximum point total is 3 per image, so larger groups can get a higher score.
All images were from the NASA website.
There is also a quiz based on the members of each mission (except STS), and a trivia quiz to test your knowledge. All answered are based on the information contained in the App.
The view insignia table allows you to display any particular image in the set. This is a larger view than in the game play.
History
October 14, 2009
Rocket Brain 1.1 available on App Store.
October 1, 2009
Rocket Brain version 1.1 submitted to App Store. Since 1.0 was NASA Brain, and there are many enhancements we'll bump up the version.
September 29, 2009
Modify and update NASA Brain to become Rocket Brain.
August 30, 2009
NASA Brain removed by request from NASA.
July 24, 2009
After serveral rejects and re-submissions the app is now available on the App Store.
July 07, 2009
In looking for new coin groups for "Coin Brain", I found out the 40th anniversary for the 1st lunar landing was coming up. Since there wasn't many coins specific to the Apollo program, besides the famous "Eagle on the Moon", I decided to part from coins, and instead use mission insignias. Modified the current "Coin Brain" for the new app.