Part 40: Fall 1966: Pre-Vote
More fluff news, and the Astronaut news is just that Slayton, See, and Borman actually took off this season, nothing new.
Things of note this season: You could hire another set of 16 Astronauts if you wanted.
That -10 from the failed attempt to leave the atmosphere last season has dropped you a bit behind again.
Thought I'd include this graph just for fun, also. I honestly have no idea what this thing is measuring, since both of our leaders are doing nothing but pouring hate and doubt on us, but hey, we're still doing positively.
Also, here's what you know the moon looks like. It's still ugly as sin. Anyways, here's the stats crap. You guys probably shouldn't have mentioned the possibility of a Lunar Pass failure, maybe then it wouldn't have happened. Space can taste your pessimism, you know.
Oh, and due to a combination of the way saves work in this (if I save at the start of my part of the turn, it keeps what I did for you, but reloads in your half of the season) and a crash of my computer happening while I was doing my half of Spring, you guys have an extra bit of money to play with thanks to the news adding it again. You've got 68 MB to
play with.
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: 96%
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: 62%
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, 60 Mood, Gemini Program
Schirra: Cap 3, LM 2, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 1, 60 Mood, Gemini Program
Ms. Gorelick: Cap 4, LM 3, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 3, 77 Mood, Gemini Program
Chaffee: Cap 1, LM 0, EVA 3, Dock 2, End 3, 77 Mood, Gemini Program
Aldrin: Cap 3, LM 4, EVA 0, Dock 4, End 2, 80 Mood, Gemini Program
Basset: Cap 2, LM 2, EVA 2, Dock 2, End 4, 75 Mood, Gemini Program
McCandless: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 3, 85 Mood, Gemini Program
Ms. Beeson: Cap 2, LM 3, EVA 1, Dock 0, End 3, 75 Mood, Gemini Program
Irwin: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 3, Dock 1, End 2, 72 Mood, Gemini Program
Schweickart: Cap 1, LM 3, EVA 4, Dock 1, End 0, 77 Mood, Gemini Program
Eisele: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 0, Dock 2, End 4, 82 Mood, Gemini Program
Cernan: Cap 3, LM 2, EVA 2, Dock 0, End 4, 82 Mood, Gemini Program
Ms. Funk: Cap 3, LM 0, EVA 3, Dock 0, End 4, 82 Mood, Gemini Program
Cunningham: Cap 1, LM 2, EVA 1, Dock 0, End 3, 77 Mood, Gemini Program
Wood: Cap 1, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 0, End 2, 46 Mood, Nowhere
Lovell: Cap 2, LM 3, EVA 2, Dock 1, END 3, 50 Mood, Nowhere
Armstrong: Cap 4, LM 4, EVA 1, Dock 2, End 3, 69 Mood, Nowhere
Givens: Cap 4, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 1, End 4, 46 Mood, Nowhere
Scott: Cap 2, LM 1, EVA 0, Dock 1, End 3, 76 Mood, Nowhere
Mitchell: Cap 2, LM 1, EVA 1, Dock 1, End 1, 71 Mood, Nowhere
Cooper: Cap 3, LM 3, EVO 0, Dock 2, End 4, 44 Mood, Nowhere
Conrad: Cap 4, LM 2, EVA 1, Dock 3, End 4, 53 Mood, Nowhere
Equipment in Stock
1 Cricket Module
Missions to occur this season
Pad A: Lunar Flyby
Pad B: Lunar Flyby
Voting for what to do will end at 5:00PM EST on Wedensday, March 9th.
The failed Lunar Pass looks like it's shaken Morale a bit. Incidentally, the Earth Orbit LM test is at a 0 penalty, the Lunar Orbit is at -7.