N_Molson
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Hello Jorge,
About the rockets you need, well its up to you really. Personally I use extensively the R-7 Luna (a bargain, and great for uncrewed suborbital tests) and R-7 Voskhod. There might be something in the balance between R-7 Soyuz and Proton-KD, I agree, and I'll transmit the info for further investigation. Notice that the R&D results can vary from one season to the other. Also, some choices might be better than others depending of the selected difficulty level.
The Proton-KD can definitively send cosmonauts around the Moon with the Soyuz 7K-L1 Circumlunar program. But only around  !
The UR-700 is "special", as it is the only rocket powerful enough to carry the LK-700 "Direct Ascent" spacecraft, which can land on the Moon on its own, without lander. Both are very expensive and hard to research, but they make the Road to the Moon a bit shorter.
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One last test; does it makes sense to build Voskhod? does it impact the R&D of Soyuz or Proton KD?
I researched Sputnik until it reached 80% reliability; then I open the following 3 rockets to see which one benefited the most on Sputnik's R&D.. results are surprising.
More surprises... I tried again but this time I opened Vostok and Luna on a different order (Vostok 1st, Luna 2nd) and the results are inverted; now it is Vostok who got the small reliability and Luna who got the better... which doesn't make sense...
Notice that the game mechanic that surprises you here is what we call "technology transfers". When you research some programs, a fraction of that research is added to the starting 3% of similar programs. A few basic rules :
- The most common parts, the best is the transfer. Typically, within the R-7 or Saturn families, you'll get very good transfer rates.
- All programs in a given category (Rockets, Probes, Spacecrafts...) benefit from transfers. It means that yes, researching the R-7 'Voskhod' will have a positive impact on all the rocket programs (it also includes NASA ones if you play GSA). But again, the transfer to the R-7 'Soyuz' will be very good, moderate to the Proton K/D, and very low to say, the Saturn-V (which uses very different technologies). Notice that there are some cases of category-crossing transfers. Typically Biosatellites and Spacecraft, Rockets and space tugs (Agena, S-IVB), robotic landers and crewed landers...
- The transfers are cumulative. If you have a 85% reliable R-7 'Sputnik', a 90% reliable R-7 'Vostok', and a 87% reliable R-7 'Luna', you'll get the maximum R&D transfer if you purchase the R-7 'Voskhod' program.
- The order in which you open the programs DOES matter  . When you open a program, the game checks the opened programs reliabilities, and calculates your R&D 'transfer bonus'. It is really important to take this fact into account when planning your long-term strategy.
I hope this casts some light on your questions, if not feel free to ask, and have fun ! 
< Message edited by N_Molson -- 11/18/2014 3:59:05 AM >
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