How many science points can be obtained through experiments in the whole solar system?
When you perform every single experiment in every single biome of every single celestial body in every possible situation until their return values are zero, how many science points will you gain in total?
Let's ignore other sources of science points (laboratories, contracts, world records...) and asteroids for now.
Best Answer
Infinitely much.
Each asteroid that is generated by the game is its own biome, and asteroid-centric research can be repeated for each of them, for full value each time.
Edit: In response to question edit:
It is possible to calculate the total amount of finite science points available, but it's:
- Meaningless. There is an infinite amount available.
- Extremely tedious work, which I expect is why you don't do this "simple calculation" yourself.
- So large a number that it might as well be infinite. An absolute lower bound exists. It's 209,444, and that is 0.90 and almost certainly missing a few edge cases even there.
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As of 1.4.1, you will gain 309,912.6 science.
Since 0.90, more biomes were added to Eve, Mun, Duna, Laythe, Vall, Tylo, and Eeloo, providing most of the increase. The barometer now works in a vacuum, for about 20,000 science. Recovered spacecraft can be analyzed, providing 4803 science. An infrared telescope in high solar orbit gains you 44 science. And, if you can somehow keep your craft from vaporizing, a flight through the Sun's atmosphere, collecting pressure and composition data, nets you 393.6 science.
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