Go on. From what you have I’d be interested in Atlas or perhaps Surveying, or say a future ¤15 for 5 mass to LEO. (Delivered as one entity or as separate craft, your choice. That’s the personal service you get from the workers’ paradise.)
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I’d be happy to exchange for Atlas or surveying.
OK, let’s say fully-tested Atlas tech for 5 mass to LEO.
Buy Life Support advancement ¤10, leaving ¤15.
Buy three Vostok capsules ¤6, leaving ¤9.
Buy an Atlas ¤5, leaving ¤4.
Launch three Vostok + Atlas + RossM’s payload to LEO on a double-Saturn
Separate RossM’s payload and transfer it back
End turn
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Deal.4 Juno’s and a probe are ready for launch.
(sorry, edited in my rest-of-turn orders above. I’ll be RPGing this afternoon.)
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@yashima is next
Hello everyone.
I am having a tough time holding the game in my head and so I’ve been using handwavium for my turns. Any tips? I can barely hold my own materials and techs in my head…
I would like to keep cooperating with @RogerBW but I seem to need to figure out what I need to be doing first and so for now I think I’ stick to the plan I made previously:
ISAS 
- buy Ion Thruster tech for $10
- buy Ion Thruster for $10
- if there is 1 payload to LEO left to buy, I’d be willing to pay for $5 for transport (that’s all I’ve left)
- if not assemble Spacecraft “Nightwish I”: Stage 1 = 1 Atlas, Stage 2 = 1 Atlas, Payload: 1 Ion Thruster
That’s my turn for now.
I can forward you screenshots on any turn, or at any point.
I can also provide a full text summary, whatever is best.
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Thanks for the offer. I was just wondering how the others are doing it? (You have the TTS save so that should help)
I mean this is my third game and my first Pbf. All my other internet gaming was TTS and once on Vassal where I have more visualization. Anyway, I was thinking of putting the state of the start of each year in my own TTS save or something along those lines. I am more of a visual person than I thought I guess 
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I’m more than happy to send you the current TTS save, although it’s on no peeking rule. 
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Obviously no peaking. I am pretty adept with the controls so I should be able not to turn over something accidentally.
So if the others are okay with that, I wouldn’t saving the time to reproduce the game state.
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If there’s room for that to happen retroactively before my launch, I’m happy to do it.
I also have trouble keeping stuff straight but I have a file here with my notes in it and I update it when things happen. In fact I need to update that now…
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(Here’s the thing. Your turn is technically over, but… in the real world @yashima would just say. “I’m interested as well.”)
What I’m saying is, this is fine, and for future reference I assume all firing of rockets without outcomes are launched after all people who want to have payload lifted to orbit have responded.
@pillbox is up.
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Clarification: it is my understanding that I can test Landing with any valid spacecraft, including one that consists of a single Juno rocket or a single Supplies; there’s no need to have a lander or probe as a component on the craft? If that’s the case:
1960 NASA
1960, NASA 
Research Landing ($10)
Purchase Qty 2, Atlas ($10)
Assemble “Crash Lander” class probe:
Juno
Atlas
Atlas
Launch “Crash Lander” into Suborbital Space → Earth Orbit
NASA is preparing to test its new landing technology. Due to budgetary constraints, these tests will have to wait until 1961 unless inter-agency funding is provided in exchange for the tested technology.
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(That is the case)
@pillbox, you can test landing from suborbital space.
Oh, you can!
Well, in that case, please disregard my previous directives and execute the following:
1960, NASA
Research Landing ($10)
Purchase Qty 1, Atlas ($5)
Assemble “Crash Lander” class probe:
Juno
Atlas
Launch “Crash Lander” into Suborbital Space and proceed to test Landing by way of the optional Landing maneuver.
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@pillbox! A success! The Juno delicately lands on Earth.
(just interjecting here i know it makes things unnecessarily difficult: but once my thruster is up in orbit i rendezvous with the existing spacecraft up there and that is the end of my turn. i had a bit of a stressful thing to deal with today and i just need a hot bath and an early night and may not necessarily look at the forum again until tomorrow morning)
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I’ll pay the $10 to remove the Success.
That concludes my turn unless inter-agency cooperation is requested
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