Part 28: Fall 1963: Pre-Vote

Looks like the game's decided to try and lull you into a false sense of security make nice after throwing highly unlikely prestige costing failure at you by giving you the event you were banking on. How sweet.



The president still hates you though. You have 81 MB to work with.

Purchased Projects and relevant information
Ranger Satellite
Unit Cost: 4
R&D Cost Per Team: 3
Unit Weight: 700
Current Safety: 91%
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: 97%
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: 90%
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: 74%
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: 3
Unit Weight: 0
Current Safety: 92%
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: 60%
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, 74 Mood, Gemini Program
Schirra: Cap 3, LM 2, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 1, 58 Mood, Gemini Program
Cooper: Cap 3, LM 3, EVO 0, Dock 0, End 4, 84 Mood, ADV Dock
Slayton: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 1, Dock 0, End 1, 82 Mood, Gemini Program
Kincheloe: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 1, End 2, 94 Mood, Gemini Program Retired
Walker: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 3, Dock 0, End 2, 54 Mood, Gemini Program, Retiring
Wood: Cap 1, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 2, 71 Mood, Gemini Program
Young: Cap 2, LM 3, EVA 1, Dock 2, End 0, 91 Mood Gemini Program
Conrad: Cap 4, LM 2, EVA 1, Dock 1, End 4, 88 Mood, ADV Dock
Borman: Cap 4, LM 0, EVA 2, Dock 0, End 2, 87 Mood, ADV Dock
Lovell: Cap 2, LM 3, EVA 0, Dock 1, END 3 81 Mood, Adv EVA
Armstrong: Cap 4, LM 4, EVA 1, Dock 2, End 1, 87 Mood, ADV END
See: Cap 2, LM 2, EVA 0, Dock 4, End 4, 82 Mood, ADV EVA
Knight: Cap 4, LM 3, EVA 2, Dock 0, End 1, 77 Mood, ADV Dock
Crews: Cap 4, LM 0, EVA 0, Dock 3, End 1, Basic II Retired
Givens: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 1, End 2, 77 Mood, ADV END

Equipment in Stock
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 3:00PM EST on Thursday, March 3rd.