How can I get science from my space station to cash in the points?
I have built a space station orbiting Kerbin with a lander, science Lab Jr., Mobile Processing Lab, Goo Containers, a "workhorse" multi-purpose ship, fuel depot, and living quarters. I currently have 13 Kerbals living there doing various missions.
The problem I'm having is that even if I process experiments via the Mobile Processing Lab, it only gives me 10-20% value, making the missions not worth the effort. The only other option I can think of is to have a kerbal gather all of the science and return it to Kerbin for full value. My question is this: Can this be done? If so, how?
Best Answer
You can move your science results from the experiment part to a command pod. To do so, take a Kerbal on an EVA, maneuver it close to the part containing the experiment data, right-click on the part and choose the "Take science results" option from the context menu. Then return to any command pod to store it there. When that command pod is recovered on Kerbin, all results count as returned.
- Build a lab station with a generous fuel tank
- Build a lean landing craft with a single experiment of each type.
- have your lander perform its experiments
- take the results to the landers command pod using an EVA
- dock with your lab station
- clean out the experiments
- refuel the craft from the lab station
- repeat steps 3-7 until you exploited everything in range of the lander
- bring the lander back to Kerbin
- Get a huge load of science for returning every single one of the experiments
This technique is more effective when the lab station is in orbit around a multi-biome target world (Mun or Minmus). The advantage of a station in Kerbin orbit isn't that large.
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