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Hey there,

I like to present you my recent let's play series: Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager. During the upcoming episodes, I'll try to lead the GSA successfully and explore the vastness of our solar system. If you're interested in the game, you can watch my adventures here (or better see me face the failures of my space program).

Although the game is currently in an early access alpha state, I've a lot of fun to play it and share my entertainment with you.

Let me also know, what you've experienced during your own gameplay.

The next episodes will be available each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.



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Season 3 - Full Release:

• Season 3 playlist
• 129 - Tutorial Part 1 (Version 1.0)
• 130 - Tutorial Part 2 (Version 1.0)
• 131 - Changing the strategy (Version 1.0)
• 132 - Mercury Cockpit View (Version 1.0)
• 133 - Bold move (Version 1.0)
• 134 - First GSA Gemini Flight (Version 1.0)
• 135 - Rendezvous in space (Version 1.0)
• 136 - Surprising Moon Orbiter (Version 1.0)
• 137 - Improving the N1 (Version 1.0)
• 138 - First Soyuz Test-Flight (Version 1.0)
• 139 - Transtage (Version 1.0)
• 140 - Launch Preparations Failure (Version 1.1.0)
• 141 - GSA Lunar Landing (Version 1.1.0)
• 142 - Sputnik meets N1 (Version 1.1.0)
• 143 - Fresh start (Version 1.1.0)
• 144 - First NASA budget review (Version 1.1.0)
• 145 - NASA Campaign Mercury (Version 1.1.0)
• 146 - NASA Campaign Long Duration (Version 1.1.0)
• 147 - Transitioning to Gemini (Version 1.1.0)
• 148 - The first spacewalk (Version 1.1.0)
• 149 - Waiting for the Saturn V (Version 1.1.0)
• 150 - Final preparations (Version 1.1.0)
• 151 - Mission accomplished (Version 1.1.0)
• 152 - Audio Book (Playing the ingame tutorial) (Beta Patch)
• 153 - Welcome comrade (Beta Patch)
• 154 - Sputnik 2 Biosatellite (Beta Patch)
• 155 - Hardware Provider Problems (Version 1.4.0)
• 156 - The Soyuz Strategy (Version 1.4.0)
• 157 - Yuri Gagarin (Version 1.4.0)
• 158 - Yuri flies into space (Version 1.4.0)
• 159 - Cicurmlunar Flight Catastrophy (Version 1.4.0)
• 160 - The Final Tests (Version 1.4.0.)
• 161 - Hero of the Soviet Union (Version 1.4.0)

Season 2 (Version 0.7.16 - 0.8.5):

• Season 2 playlist
• 52 - Mix-and-match (Preview) (Version 0.7.16 interim)
• 52 1/2 - 0.7.16 Overview (Version 0.7.16 interim)
• 53 - A fresh start (Version 0.7.16)
• 54 - Choices (Version 0.7.16)
• 55 - Vostok (Version 0.7.16)
• 56 - Need more money (Version 0.7.16)
• 57 - The case of Abe Spurgeon (Version 0.7.16)
• 58 - Accumulating problems (Version 0.7.16)
• 59 - Don't give up (Version 0.7.16)
• 60 - Second chance (Version 0.7.16)
• 61 - Strange public interest (Version 0.7.16)
• 62 - Advanced training session (Version 0.7.16)
• 63 - Uncrewed Mercury Missions (Version 0.7.16)
• 64 - Everything is too slow (Version 0.7.16)
• 65 - Baikonur (Version 0.7.16 / 0.7.17)
• 66 - The Number 66 (Version 0.7.17)
• 67 - X-15 Nightmare (Version 0.7.17)
• 68 - Training is important (Version 0.7.17)
• 69 - Immense budget increase (Version 0.7.17)
• 70 - Cycling through the scientists (Version 0.7.18)
• 71 - Of course ... (Version 0.7.18)
• 72 - Dependencies (Version 0.7.18)
• 73 - Expect the unexpected (Version 0.7.18)
• 74 - NASA Session Part1 (Version 0.7.18)
• 75 - NASA Session Part2 (Version 0.7.18)
• 76 - NASA Session Part3 (Version 0.7.18)
• 77 - NASA Session Part4 (Version 0.7.18)
• 78 - NASA Session Part5 (Version 0.7.18)
• 79 - Patch 0.7.19 (Version 0.7.19)
• 80 - PKA Space Plane (Version 0.7.19)
• 81 - Vostok (Version 0.7.19)
• 82 - Duration Flights (Version 0.7.19)
• 83 - Voskhod (Version 0.7.19)
• 84 - Huge VAB (Version 0.7.19)
• 85 - Voskhod EVA (Version 0.7.19)
• 86 - The first Soyuz Flight (Version 0.7.19)
• 87 - Uncrewed Lunar Flyby Test (Version 0.7.20)
• 88 - On the Moon again (Version 0.7.21)
• 89 - Soyuz 7K-OK (Version 0.7.21)
• 90 - Conspiracy theory (Version 0.7.21)
• 91 - Unofficial Luna 3 Launch (Version 0.7.22)
• 92 - Visiting Venus again (Version 0.7.22)
• 93 - A successful landing on Venus (Version 0.7.22)
• 94 - Release Date (Version 0.7.23)
• 95 - Joint launch (Version 0.7.23)
• 96 - Soyuz Rendezvous (Version 0.7.23)
• 97 - Soyuz Docking (Version 0.7.23)
• 98 - Testing the Soyuz 7K-OK LOK (Version 0.7.23)
• 99 - LK Lander Tests (Version 0.7.23)
• 100 - The big 100 (Version 0.7.24)
• 101 - LK-700 EVA (Version 0.7.24)
• 102 - LK-700 Lunar Landing (Version 0.7.24)
• 103 - Soyuz Landing on the Moon (Version 0.7.24)
• 104 - Play By E-Mail [BETA] (Version 0.7.25.5)
• 105 - Apollo Challenge (Version 0.7.25.5)
• 106 - Apollo Challenge Q4.59 - Q1.64 (Version 0.7.25.5)
• 107 - Apollo Challenge Q1.64 - Q1.67 (Version 0.7.25.5)
• 108 - Apollo Challenge Q1.67 - Q2.70 (Version 0.7.25.5)
• 109 - Apollo Challenge Reloaded (Version 0.7.25.5)
• 110 - GSA Apollo Challenge (Version 0.7.25.5)
• 111 - Making good progress (Version 0.7.25.5)
• 112 - Interplanetary prestige (Version 0.7.25.5)
• 113 - It's impossible (Version 0.7.25.5)
• 114 - Campaign Mode! (Version 0.7.26.11)
• 115 - The cool new UI (Version 0.8.0.2)
• 116 - Rest Season (Version 0.8.0.2)
• 117 - Comparing Goals (Version 0.8.0.2)
• 118 - Big Money (Version 0.8.3.1)
• 119 - Mars Probe (Soviet Campaign) (Version 0.8.3.1)
• 120 - Crewed Circumlunar Flight (Version 0.8.3.1)
• 121 - The Space Suit Project (Version 0.8.5)
• 122 - No congratulations (Version 0.8.5)
• 123 - Waiting for NASA (Version 0.8.5)
• 124 - Extended Duration Level V (Version 0.8.5)
• 125 - Launching various satellites (Version 0.8.5)
• 126 - Crew Transfer in LEO (Version 0.8.5)
• 127 - Calm before the storm (Version 0.8.5)
• 128 - Mission accomplished (Version 0.8.5)

Season 1 (Version 0.7.3 - 0.7.15):

• Season 1 playlist
• 01 - One failure and one success (Version 0.7.3)
• 02 - Hard times at the launch pad (Version 0.7.3)
• 03 - A second chance (Version 0.7.3)
• 04 - Space Frog Science (Version 0.7.3)
• 05 - One giant leap for a space frog (Version 0.7.3)
• 06 - It will do something! (Version 0.7.3)
• 07 - Final Mercury Flight (Version 0.7.4)
• 08 - Buzz Hard Difficulty! (Version 0.7.5)
• 09 - Buzz Hard Mercury (Version 0.7.5)
• 10 - 10th episode special (Version 0.7.6)
• 11 - The Buzz Hard Space Frog (Version 0.7.6)
• 12 - The beauty of the first EVA (Version 0.7.6)
• 13 - The unlucky number 13 (Version 0.7.6)
• 14 - ISON and Venus (Version 0.7.6)
• 15 - The last Gemini flight (Version 0.7.6)
• 16 - Researching Venus (Version 0.7.7)
• 17 - Circumlunar Reconnaissance (Version 0.7.8 )
• 18 - Lunar Orbital Reconnaissance (Version 0.7.8 )
• 19 - Preparing the Direct Ascent (Version 0.7.8 )
• 20 - Overwhelming response (Version 0.7.9)
• 21 - Footsteps on the Moon (Version 0.7.9)
• 22 - The Mars is far away (Version 0.7.9)
• 23 - Merry Christmas (Version 0.7.10)
• 24 - Jupiter! (Version 0.7.10)
• 25 - Apollo! (Version 0.7.11)
• 26 - Orbiting the Moon with Apollo capsule (Version 0.7.11)
• 27 - The Eagle has landed (Version 0.7.11)
• 28 - Mission ASAP to the Moon (Version 0.7.11)
• 29 - Campaign! (Version 0.7.12)
• 30 - Confusion (Version 0.7.12)
• 31 - Back on track (Version 0.7.12)
• 32 - Patch side effect (Version 0.7.13)
• 33 - No significant failures? (Version 0.7.13)
• 34 - Jinxed it! (Version 0.7.13)
• 35 - Failures all over the place (Version 0.7.14)
• 36 - Catching up (Version 0.7.14)
• 37 - Detour (Version 0.7.14)
• 38 - A new plan (Version 0.7.14)
• 39 - Running out of time (Version 0.7.14)
• 40 - We could have made it (Version 0.7.14)
• 41 - Moon Landing in 1969 (Version 0.7.15)
• 42 - Interview with Ignacio (*)
• 43 - How far can we get? (Version 0.7.15)
• 44 - Increasing the variety (Version 0.7.15)
• 45 - Apollo Landing in Q4.1973 (Version 0.7.15)
• 46 - Different destinations in our solar system (Version 0.7.15)
• 47 - Going Apollo first (Version 0.7.15)
• 48 - Catastrophic missions (Version 0.7.15)
• 49 - A probe isn't a lander (Version 0.7.15)
• 50 - Fifty Episodes of SPM (Version 0.7.15)
• 51 - Going into hibernation (Version 0.7.15)

Thanks for the video - I edited the link so it works

Once you have posted about 10 messages you'll be able to post links.

The development director himself helped me out Thank you very much!

Ok, 10 postings, so 8 to go until I can add links to my postings. Well, I guess some of the next episodes need to be added the uncomfortable way, but I'll take the chance to increase my counter by posting some suggestions that came to my mind in the beta forum. So, let's head over to the other forum!

It's thursday and thus it's time to make some progress in Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager! This time, I even have to face unforeseen consequences...

Ah, near the end of your second video, I realized you had made the same mistake as I did at first, spent too much money and gotten sacked just 1 season before the review. It made me a lot more conservative on my next play through.

Yepp ... we've learned it the hard way However, tomorrow we'll strike back and conquer space! (hopefully ^^)

Today, I got a second chance from the GSA to put things right. Let's conquer space!

The next part of the progress of our Space Program is available. This time, we prepare the launch of a very special astronaut: the space frog!

Enjoy!

The saga of the space frog goes on! Furthermore our industrious R/D team makes good progress with the manned Mercury capsule. It's only a question of a few seasons until we're ready to launch our first astronaut into space.

It's time to upgrade the facilities! Furthermore we do some progress with the Mercury Program!

This is great. Thanks for taking the time to record your experiences with the game!

Cheers,

Thank you!

"Unfortunately" I was so absorbed by the game during my first recording week-end, that I recorded 5 episodes in a row and now I have to catch up all your patches The next episode will cover some 0.7.4 footage and yesterday you've deployed 0.7.5. Fortunately I recorded the other two episodes for the upcoming week today and thus they're about the latest version of the game (with new challenges!)

Finally it's tuesday! Today, we continue with our space program and do the last Mercury flights of the Mercury Project. Furthermore, we open the Gemini Project and work hard to get the rocket ready for a first launch.

After I upgraded to version 0.7.5, I was "somehow" brought back in time and found myself back again in the first year of BASPM. However, this isn't really a bad thing, because now we do have the opportunity to do it as hard as possible! This time, I'm hard - I'm Buzz Hard! Enjoy!

Buzz Hard goes on and we're working hard to proceed with our Mercury Program. Furthermore, we want to explore the sun and so we're researching a probe to research the bright glowing thing at the sky.

Unbelievable, it's already the 10th episode of my let's play series. To celebrate this, I take a look back on the last three weeks and talk about some major improvement of the game during this period of time. Additionally, I present a short overview about interesting things that have happened in this official forum.

SebbiLebga wrote:Unbelievable, it's already the 10th episode of my let's play series. To celebrate this, I take a look back on the last three weeks and talk about some major improvement of the game during this period of time. Additionally, I present a short overview about interesting things that have happened in this official forum.

Good stuff! Loved this episode. Notice that Spanish is my first language, so I think it's fair to assume that SPM will be eventually translated to that language.

Cheers,

In this episode, we're finally opening the Gemini Project after we launched the Space Frog and analyzed the sun with a long duration space probe.

@Ignacio: Thank you for your comment - I'm happy that you enjoyed my special episode as well! Nice to know, that your spanish, so I'll try to pronounce your name next time correctly I just like the Romance languages, so the two examples were the first, that came to my mind.

This time, I finally progress on the Gemini Project and can launch my very first EVA mission in BASPM. I pretty much liked the gameplay of this episode, because it was so exciting to see my astronauts going on the very first spacewalk.

@Ignacio: I like to make a suggestion in this thread (even if this is not a good place for it), but it's related to my experience during this episode: can we have some renderings for the time between EVA/Docking/etc and the preparations for reentry? It was such an abrupt switch from the "awe" of having an EVA and the return back to the surface of the Earth.

The number 13 was never good for space travel. The curse of this number seems also to be true for a Space Program Manager...