But more and more the keenest gamers are turning for their fix of Quake and other fighting, racing and flying games to services such as the Total Entertainment Network ( www.ten.net), Kali ( www.kali.net) or the Realm ( www.realmserver.com).
Collins and mission specialist Charles Camarda carefully sidestepped any suggestion of divine intervention, but many in Nasa will be praying for a swift fix to the foam debris problem so that its fleet can begin flying again.