all i had was full rocket fuel(fuel, left and right), parachute and 3 levels on each sling upgrade. I got to the moon on day 15. I got 90k from that mission. I fullly upgraded my sling and got a rocket. I launched to Mars just using the sling.
Lv 10...(AKA, the race) you don't need timing...
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create blockers bottom left and on the unactivated spikes in the middle. have a guy run between them. Then go back up and activate that unactive spikes and then deactivate it. wait for your guy to run past and run over your switch again
TIP if you are using Firefox 3 rather switch to IE or opera. It freezes in FF3. I am expierencing this and saw it in the comments section on digyourowngrave site
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