Part 10: Spring 1959: Pre-Vote
News is basically benign... except I'm lying. Here's what you can't see in that
screenshot, in the form of another screenshot.
Schirra was a washout, so you guys only have 6 Astronauts left from your first set. Also, Ben-Hur won an Oscar. Exciting!
Just in case someone didn't want to believe the Schirra news, here's your remainders. Also, here's a look at the cape:
You guys have a rather ridiculous 106 MB to play around with, so I expect there will probably be a few different ideas on what you might want to do this time. Here's your status:
Status Report: Fall 1958, US Side
Purchased Projects and relevant information
Explorer Satellite
Unit Cost: 1
R&D Cost Per Team: 1
Unit Weight: 300
Current Safety: 97%
Max R&D: 95%
Max Safety: 98%
Atlas
Unit Cost: 3
R&D Cost Per Team: 2
Max Payload: 600
Current Safety: 85%
Max R&D: 84%
Max Safety: 98%
Mercury Capsule
Unit Cost: 2
R&D Cost Per Team: 1
Unit Weight: 500
Current Safety: 38%
Max R&D: 80%
Max Safety: 90%
Other Notes: One man capsule. No Lunar Landings or Docking ability.
Equipment List
Missions you could attempt
Orbital Satellite: 3 steps, 2 checks v Rocket, 1 check v Satellite. Requires 1 rocket, 1 Satellite.
Unmanned Suborbital: 3 steps, requires 1 Rocket, 1 Capsule. 0 Penalty.
Unmanned Orbital: 3 steps, requires 1 Rocket, 1 Capsule. 0 Penalty
Astronaut Stats and Location
Grissom: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 0, Dock 3, End 1, Basic Training III
Cooper: Cap 2, LM 3, EVO 0, Dock 0, End 4, Basic Training III (This guy is awesome. Like, for serious. Look at that.)
Slayton: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 1, Dock 0, End 1, Basic Training III
Kincheloe: Cap 3, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 1, End 2, Basic Training III
Walker: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 1, Dock 0, End 2, Basic Training III
Wood: Cap 1, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 2, Basic Training III
Missions to occur this season
None this season.
Voting for what to do will end at 11:00PM EST on Tuesday, Feb 22nd.