Part 38: Spring 1966: Pre-Vote
A nice news event has given you 8 extra MB to work with this season. Always a good thing.
The launch of the Red Menace's Mercury Satellite has put them back in the lead for Space Firsts and put them almost neck and neck with you again for total Prestige points. If I had remembered that Venus was worth more and still gotten as ridiculously lucky as I did with that Proton Rocket, I would be ahead again totally.
...of course, that probably would've just lead to the game blowing me up for being greedy. Anyways, you have 127 MB to work with this season.
Purchased Projects and relevant information
Ranger Satellite
Unit Cost: 4
R&D Cost Per Team: 3
Unit Weight: 700
Current Safety: 93%
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: 98%
Max R&D: 90%
Max Safety: 98%
Saturn V
Unit Cost: 18
R&D Cost Per Team: 6
Max Payload: 3200
Current Safety: 86%
Max R&D: 95%
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: 94%
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.
Cricket Module
Unit Cost: 8
R&D Cost Per Team: 4
Unit Weight: 1000
Current Safety: 47%
Max R&D: 90%
Max Safety: 94%
Other Notes: 1 man LM. Can be used with Gemini, Apollo, or XMS-2.
Kicker-B Booster
Unit Cost: 6
R&D Cost Per Team: 2
Unit Weight: 600
Current Safety: 94%
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: 90%
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
Armstrong: Cap 4, LM 4, EVA 1, Dock 2, End 3, 66 Mood, Gemini Program
Schirra: Cap 3, LM 2, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 1, 66 Mood, Gemini Program
Ms. Gorelick: Cap 4, LM 3, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 3, 83 Mood, Gemini Program
Chaffee: Cap 1, LM 0, EVA 3, Dock 2, End 3, 83 Mood, Gemini Program
Aldrin: Cap 3, LM 4, EVA 0, Dock 4, End 2, 86 Mood, Gemini Program
Basset: Cap 2, LM 2, EVA 2, Dock 2, End 4, 81 Mood, Gemini Program
McCandless: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 3, 91 Mood, Gemini Program
Ms. Beeson: Cap 2, LM 3, EVA 1, Dock 0, End 3, 81 Mood, Gemini Program
Irwin: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 3, Dock 1, End 2, 78 Mood, Gemini Program
Schweickart: Cap 1, LM 3, EVA 4, Dock 1, End 0, 83 Mood, Gemini Program
Eisele: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 0, Dock 2, End 4, 88 Mood, Gemini Program
Cernan: Cap 3, LM 2, EVA 2, Dock 0, End 4, 88 Mood, Gemini Program
Ms. Funk: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 3, Dock 0, End 4, 88 Mood, Gemini Program
Cunningham: Cap 1, LM 2, EVA 1, Dock 0, End 3, 83 Mood, Gemini Program
Wood: Cap 1, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 2, 52 Mood, Nowhere
Lovell: Cap 2, LM 3, EVA 2, Dock 1, END 3, 56 Mood, Nowhere
Armstrong: Cap 4, LM 4, EVA 1, Dock 2, End 3, 69 Mood, Nowhere
See: Cap 2, LM 2, EVA 2, Dock 4, End 4, 57 Mood, Nowhere, Retiring
Givens: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 1, End 4, 52 Mood, Nowhere
Scott: Cap 2, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 1, End 3, 82 Mood, Nowhere
Mitchell: Cap 2, LM 1, EVA 1, Dock 1, End 1, 77 Mood, Nowhere
Slayton: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 1, Dock 0, End 1, 59 Mood, Nowhere, Retiring
Cooper: Cap 3, LM 3, EVO 0, Dock 2, End 4, 50 Mood, Nowhere
Conrad: Cap 4, LM 2, EVA 1, Dock 3, End 4, 59 Mood, Nowhere
Borman: Cap 4, LM 0, EVA 2, Dock 2, End 2, 59 Mood, Nowhere, Retiring
Equipment in Stock
1 Kicker-B
1 Saturn V
1 Cricket Module
Missions to occur this season
Pad A: Manned Lunar Orbital
Pad B: Lunar Flyby
Voting for what to do will end at 5:00PM EST on Tuesday, March 8th. Assuming I'm not too busy with Dragon Age II.