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dub3's pixel tribute to NASA.gov in 1996: a Boom-era science site
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1996 page

dub3 card · www.nasa.gov

NASA.gov (1996)

Space images on a 28.8k modem. Worth every minute of loading.

Cost
4 RAM
Power
7
Rarity
Common
Family
Commerce
Era
Boom (1995 to 1998)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: Enemy cards cost 1 more to play here.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 4 RAM to play and brings 7 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Commerce cards grow every round and make your opponent pay more to play.

The site, in 1996

The official website of NASA, the United States space agency, with news and pictures from its missions.

NASA's website first launched in 1993, and by early 1997 readers were being told to type nasa.gov to find it. Its space photographs were a slow wait on the 28.8k modems of the day.

Boom era, 1995 to 1998. Netscape, frames, hit counters and animated envelopes. Everyone had a homepage, and every homepage was under construction.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1996 page.

Put it on your site

Run NASA.gov, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1996. Paste this into your page:

NASA.gov is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1996, then plays a short scene. Want NASA.gov in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.