Race into Space

Race Into Space is a simulation of the US-Soviet Space Race.

In it, you take charge of your country’s space program as

Director (US) or Designer (USSR). You will purchase and develop

space hardware, recruit and manage astronauts/cosmonauts, and

plan and send missions into space. The ultimate goal is to be

the first to complete a Moon landing and return your people

safely to Earth.

Race Into Space (RIS) is a port to modern operating systems of

Buzz Aldrin’s Race Into Space (BARIS), a DOS game originally released

in 1993 on floppy disk, and a year later in an expanded CD version.

BARIS was developed by Fritz Bronner based on his 1989 board game Liftoff!.

Dr. Aldrin’s name and imagery have been dropped because permission to

use them was limited to the old DOS game.

RIS is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac, and includes some

improvements over the original game—which we feel have justified

a rewrite of the game manual. Those involved in RIS are volunteer

enthusiasts, and we hope you enjoy this simulation.

You might even find it educational.