As I said, you can get to the Moon in Gemini if you want, but at the very least you should use it to attain all the docking and duration you need. Gemini was historically the "work horse" and is in the game too. With that said, get to Gemini as quickly as possible probably after you've successfully completed a manned orbital with Mercury. I don't like the Mercury b/c of its low safety levels and the fact that it can't do a duration over "B" or any docking attempts. Just plug along reaching as many steps as possible. They are going to push safety limits and for whatever reason even on Difficulty level 1 they usually succeed at first. The photo recon comes into effect when you are trying to land (you don't want to get your poor Astronauts all the way to the Moon just to have them crash land).ģ) My general strategy suggestion is to ignore Russia until about 1964. I "think" you get 10% for a Lunar Orbital and 15% for a Lunar Probe Landing. You gain 5% photo recon by a Ranger Lunar Pass and Manned or Unmanned Lunar Pass. You get 1 point for doing an Earth Orbital LM test and 2 for doing a Lunar Orbital LM test.įinally, photo recon is essential for a safe landing under any strategy. LM points are also gained by experience, you need 3 to make the trip totally safe. You need docking at least once on a lunar landing when the LM comes back up from the Moon. You get 0% improvement if your mission fails before the docking. A failed docking attempt nets you 5% R&D and a successful one nets you 10%. Under both Gemini & Apollo you need docking and LM points to make the trip safe. Plus you can use the Eagle LM if you want. The advantage of Apollo if you have the Saturan is that it does not require a Kicker. Again, I think you can actually do an Apollo landing w/ the Titan and Boosters if you do the JT Manned Lunar Landing LOR. Any lunar landing with the Gemini requires the Cricket LM which is more expensive than the Eagle which was traditionally used.Īpollo is the middle of the road approach as well as being the historical one. This is b/c the Saturan has enough power to get the Gemini, Cricket and Kicker all into orbit. If you can get the Saturan rocket then you can use the Kicker B and any of the other approaches-the historical approach is the simplist. Also, under this approach you'll have to use the Kicker A b/c the B is too heavy. This is probably the most difficult way to go b/c I believe there are the most steps to go wrong. To do this you'll need to go to the moon using the JT Manned Lunar Landing LOR (lunar orbital rendevous). You can actually get to the moon using just the Titan plus Booster rockets. Gemini is the hardest and least expensive. It allows you to skip all docking attempts and LM tests, but you still need photo recon and duration "D", lunar pass and lunar orbital in order to make it completely safe. Jupiter is the easiest but also most expensive. You might have to spend lots of time saving and reloading, but it gives you a nice prestigue and $ boost.Ģ) There are many ways to get to the moon each eith its own advantages. I may have some experience that people are interested in.ġ) It's a huge boost if you can get an orbital satellite up in the Fall of 1957 (2nd turn). If I remember correctly, I landed on the moon three times twice with the Jupiter Direct Descent (once before 1970 as JFK requested) and once with the historical approach. I owned and played this game religiously when it originally came out.
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