Whenever I play against myself, Russia always seems to win. And I've only beaten the computer once (I was USA). I did a direct ascent lunar landing, and landed in Spring 1970. I felt pretty good about that. It's a bit nerve racking, however, to be researching and not bothering with docking and LM tests, while you hear of Russia succeeding at these missions. However, I was lucky enough to be watching Russia's rating and see that a lot of their missions were failing. I guess the computer isn't always a winner!