The Let's Play Archive

Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space

by Frankomatic

Part 20: Fall 1961: Pre-Vote



Fall of 1961 opens up with more expensive EVA research (which doesn't matter barring some sort of horrible thing happening) and Lovell being a physical washout... which apparently also doesn't matter if Schirra was any indication. Useless news abounds!



Look, there he is! He probably fell down some stairs or something, he'll be fine. Moving on, here's the status update, and you have 58 MB left:

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: 86%
Max R&D: 84%
Max Safety: 98%

Titan
Unit Cost: 12
R&D Cost Per Team: 4
Max Payload: 1500
Current Safety: 86%
Max R&D: 90%
Max Safety: 98%

Mercury Capsule
Unit Cost: 2
R&D Cost Per Team: 1
Unit Weight: 500
Current Safety: 81%
Max R&D: 80%
Max Safety: 90%
Other Notes: One man capsule. No Lunar Landings or Docking ability.

Gemini Capsule
Unit Cost: 6
R&D Cost Per Team: 2
Unit Weight: 1200
Current Safety: 73%
Max R&D: 84%
Max Safety: 94%
Other Notes: Two man capsule. Can make it to the moon with a kicker and also dock. Can use a 1 man LM.

EVA Suits
Unit Cost: 0
R&D Cost Per Team: 1
Unit Weight: 0
Current Safety: 91%
Max R&D: 91%
Max Safety: 94%
Other Notes: It's a spacesuit. Needed for EVA stuff.

Equipment List

Missions you could attempt
Orbital Satellite: 3 steps, 2 checks v Rocket, 1 check v Satellite. Requires 1 rocket, 1 Satellite. 0 Penalty
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.
Manned Orbital Duration: 7 Steps, requires 1 Rocket, 1 Capsule, 1 Man, -14 Penalty
Manned Orbital Duration EVA: 8 steps, requires 1 Rocket, 1 Capsule, 1 EVA, 1 Man, -14 Penalty
(Not listing the orbital docking stuff yet as you technically don't have the Docking Module funded)

Astronaut Stats and Location
Grissom: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 0, Dock 3, End 2, 68 Mood, Mercury Program
Schirra: Cap 3, LM 2, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 1, 72 Mood, Mercury Program
Cooper: Cap 3, LM 3, EVO 0, Dock 0, End 4, 63 Mood, Mercury Program (This guy is

awesome.)

Slayton: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 1, Dock 0, End 1, 96 Mood, Mercury Program
Kincheloe: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 1, End 2, 67 Mood, Mercury Program
Walker: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 3, Dock 0, End 2, 59 Mood, Nowhere
Wood: Cap 1, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 2, 76 Mood, Mercury Program
Young: Cap 2, LM 3, EVA 1, Dock 2, End 0, Basic II
Conrad: Cap 2, LM 0, EVA 1, Dock 1, End 4, Basic II
Borman: Cap 4, LM 0, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 1, Basic II
Armstrong: Cap 4, LM 4, EVA 0, Dock 1, End 1, Basic II
See: Cap 2, LM 2, EVA 0, Dock 1, End 4, Basic II
Knight: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 1, Basic II
Crews: Cap 4, LM 0, EVA 0, Dock 3, End 1, Basic II
Givens: Cap 2, LM 0, EVA 0, Dock 1, End 2, Basic II

Equipment in Stock
1 Atlas Rocket
1 Titan Rocket
1 Mercury Capsule
1 Gemini Capsule

Missions to occur this season
Pad A: Orbital EVA Duration (B)
Pad B: Unmanned Orbital Docking

Voting for what to do will end at 2:00PM EST on Sunday, Feb 27th. You get a likely unneeded full 24 hours for this one due to work.

Remember, making poor decisions is fun!