Part 24: Fall 1962: Pre-Vote
A wave of Astronauts has made their way through basic, and you have a research boost this season. Lucky!
Also on that note, Kincheloe hasn't actually retired yet, so he's still kicking around. Will probably be gone next Spring though. Before the regular status reports, I decided to be nice and test out various pairs in Gemini to see who will work with who.
New Possible Teams:
Conrad + Borman
Conrad + Givens
Borman + Givens
Lovell + Armstrong
Lovell + Knight
Armstrong + See
Armstrong + Knight
All of the rest of the combos of people not already in Gemini have dislike going at least one way. You've got 60 MB left.
Purchased Projects and relevant information
Ranger Satellite
Unit Cost: 4
R&D Cost Per Team: 3
Unit Weight: 700
Current Safety: 63%
Max R&D: 90%
Max Safety: 93%
Other Notes: This is for the various Flyby missions.
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: 93%
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: 87%
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.
Kicker-B Booster
Unit Cost: 6
R&D Cost Per Team: 2
Unit Weight: 600
Current Safety: 50%
Max R&D: 94%
Max Safety: 96%
Other Notes: Need either this or Kicker-A for Lunar Missions not involving the Apollo or Jupiter. This is the stronger of the two and basically makes the A pointless unless you're running on the cheap.
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.
Docking Module
Unit Cost: 2
Unit Weight: 300
Current Safety: 50%
Max R&D: NOT POSSIBLE
Max Safety: 93%
Other Notes: The only thing that CANNOT be researched. All safety improvement comes from live testing. Required for most of the Lunar Landing mission types.
Equipment List
Missions you could attempt
Refer to this post for a list of all possible missions
Astronaut Stats and Location
Grissom: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 0, Dock 3, End 2, 91 Mood, Gemini Program
Schirra: Cap 3, LM 2, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 1, 75 Mood, Gemini Program
Cooper: Cap 3, LM 3, EVO 0, Dock 0, End 4, 90 Mood, Gemini Program
Slayton: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 1, Dock 0, End 1, 99 Mood, Gemini Program
Kincheloe: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 1, End 2, 94 Mood, Gemini Program, Retiring
Walker: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 3, Dock 0, End 2, 66 Mood, Gemini Program
Wood: Cap 1, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 2, 83 Mood, Gemini Program
Young: Cap 2, LM 3, EVA 1, Dock 2, End 0, 97 Mood Gemini Program
Conrad: Cap 4, LM 2, EVA 1, Dock 1, End 4, 93 Mood, Nowhere
Borman: Cap 4, LM 0, EVA 2, Dock 0, End 2, 93 Mood, Nowhere
Lovell: Cap 2, LM 3, EVA 0, Dock 1, END 3 87 Mood, Nowhere
Armstrong: Cap 4, LM 4, EVA 1, Dock 2, End 1, 93 Mood, Nowhere
See: Cap 2, LM 2, EVA 0, Dock 4, End 4, 88 Mood, Nowhere
Knight: Cap 4, LM 3, EVA 2, Dock 0, End 1, 83 Mood, Nowhere
Givens: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 1, End 2, 83 Mood, Nowhere
Equipment in Stock
1 Ranger Satellite
1 Kicker-B
Missions to occur this season
Pad A: Unmanned Orbital Docking
Pad B: Manned Orbital Duration D
Voting for what to do will end at 12:00PM EST (NOON) on Tuesday, March 1st.
Feel free to make fun of my terrible, terrible back up plan, but through careful and painstaking calculations and guesstimates, it can actually work... just barely. Also needs a ridiculous amount of luck. Just like real life back in the damn, right?
