Part 12: Fall 1959: Pre-Vote

Fairly benign news report, a modest budget increase and a statement to do a manned launch next as per the plan you guys are already going for. Note that I'm pretty sure if you decided to do an unmanned mission before a manned one, nobody would care.

Other thing of note, the rest of your Astronaut team has graduated from training and are free to be assigned to either Mercury, of the Advanced training of your choice (1 type per stat).



A quick shot to show that Mood stat I was talking about, also your movement option for your guys. I'll try to put Mood into the Astronaut status list as well.

Seeing as how nothing catastrophic happened newswise and there's only a few options that really need considering, I'm going to make this a short vote. You have 78 MB left to play with. Here's your status:

Status Report: Fall 1959, 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: 54%
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
Manned Suborbital: 3 steps, requires 1 Rocket, 1 Capsule, Primary/Backup teams. -1 Penalty.
Manned Orbital: 6 steps, required 1 Rocket, 1 Capsule, Primary/Backup teams. -4 Penalty.
Manned Orbital EVA: 7 steps, requires 1 rocket, 1 capsule, EVA suit, Primary/Backup Teams. -4 Penalty.

Astronaut Stats and Location
Grissom: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 0, Dock 3, End 2, 78 Mood, Nowhere
Schirra: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 1, Basic Training II Washed Out: Injury.
Cooper: Cap 3, LM 3, EVO 0, Dock 0, End 4, 73 Mood, Nowhere (This guy is awesome.)
Slayton: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 1, Dock 0, End 1, 84 Mood, Mercury Program
Kincheloe: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 1, End 2, 73 Mood, Nowhere
Walker: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 3, Dock 0, End 2, 73 Mood, Nowhere
Wood: Cap 1, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 2, 84 Mood, Mercury Program

Missions to occur this season
None this season.

Voting for what to do will end at 12:00PM EST (Noon) on Wedensday, Feb 23rd.

Minor Edit: Added mood, but had forgotten to update the Astronaut stats. They're current now.