Its impossible to get to the moon first.

[Shackleford]

♥♥♥♥ this game

[Soylent_Greene]

played it to completion 5x now

is the game that difficult for you?

[spiritplumber]

it's not impossible, but you may need to do some missions by hand for the bonus science/cash.

[Huckelbubi]

Not only that you should do some/all missions manually. I have never managed to complete both mission trees at the same time in front of the computer on the highest difficulty. Either one or the other. I probably missed something or did some research at the wrong time.

[cancer352]

Read my guide if you like, and try it again. I made it to be first in every mission most times (as United States). For moon landing don't forget to build a large launch pad early and do every money mission. Good luck.

[Shackleford]

I eventually got to the moon first as US. I guess I was just being prematurely salty ;p

[toinkertoy]

Originally posted by Shackleford:

I eventually got to the moon first as US. I guess I was just being prematurely salty ;p

You were! But you do have to be really on-top of your game (know beforehand what techs to research and when to start projects all in the right order) to prioritize beating the others. Would be hard to do the first game but after a few, you can easily get there by 1967 and be 2-4 years before anyone else.

[Jimbo]

I thought it was impossible until i modified the starting attributes/bonuses. Having the extra mission slot early on is KEY

[petera1289]

Would be hard to do the first game but after a few, you can easily get there by 1967 and be 2-4 years before anyone else.

sounds like there is a reasonable amount of slack for some bad luck

know beforehand what techs to research and when to start projects all in the right order

working this out is usually the key learning for any game

[SirChaos77]

Playing as China helps getting to the moon earlier, as they can launch that rocket from a smaller launch pad.

[toinkertoy]

Originally posted by petera1289:

Would be hard to do the first game but after a few, you can easily get there by 1967 and be 2-4 years before anyone else.

sounds like there is a reasonable amount of slack for some bad luck

Actually someone just mentioned this recently, but having the extra mission slot is incredibly helpful! Not really much about luck. But for example having that extra slot, you'll be less hampered if you have to push a mission back a month due to weather (feel less compelled to launch when there's a 20% chance of failure).