Slitherine

Hi, I've finished all 3 X15 missions sucessfully. Some seasons later I had a look in the "Mission Summary" screen. For "Flight Test" and "Experimental Test II" there are "Points Earned 110" and "Points Deduced 110" only for "Experimental Test I" there is "Points Earned 66" and "Points Deduced 110". The same ist with "Zond 5" - Lunar Flyby. After the 2nd successful mission of this type the "Points Earned" are 399 and the "Points Deduced" are 666 for each following attempt.

By the way - I'don't think that a catastrophic failure of a manned flight (X15) should have much lower penalty (110) than a failure of an unmanned mission (Zond 5 - 666)

Unmanned? There were turtles on board... my Girlfriend nearly cried when Zond 5 was incinerated during reentry... at least if I send people up they have a choice scientist burning turtles in space warrants a very high loss in prestige

I wrote "unmanned" not "unturtled" However, I think the guys who decided on the next budget (where I need the prestige for) are not so much interested in turtles than in men.