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I just checked and scientists still have no effect on recovering parts or vessels as of 1.0.5. I tested this by using a cheat code to give Bob Kerman max experience and having him test the SC-9001 Science Jr. on the launch pad in a brand new career, then recovering the vessel with him in it. It yields exactly the same amount of science as having Jebediah Kerman do it. Either scientists need to boost science on vessel/part recovery, or the "Vessel Science Return" and "Part Science Return" stats (seen when mousing over Bob in the Astronaut Complex) should be removed or renamed. As things stand, it's very misleading. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] Also, there is no bonus for transmitting the data as opposed to recovering it on Kerbin, but it looks like there should be. Doing this experiment with Jeb shows "Transmit: +1.6 science" in gray; doing it with level 5 Bob shows "Decent Analysis: +1.6 science" in green. The different wording and green color makes it look like I'm getting a bonus, but I'm not.

This issue has been hotfixed and I thank the devs greatly for this -- but still, was it the right fix? The changelog says "Fixed an issue where the physicsSignificance flag was set to 1 for heat shields", but as noted in the thread, the real problem, as I understand it, wasn't the part being marked physicsless, but that all physicsless parts behave incorrectly because they are still accounted for in drag equations when they shouldn't be. So now heat shields work correctly because they're no longer physicsless, but other parts such as batteries and landing gear will still misbehave. I understand of course that the fix we got was much easier and quicker to implement and test in a short amount of time, and the issue was serious enough that a quick fix was needed -- so I'm not complaining; I think you guys did the right thing for now. I'm just noting that the fix is probably addressing the symptom and not the cause, so there is still an issue that needs to be fixed.

I thank the moderators for finally marking this issue as a bug.

I think this should be tagged as "Bug". I was a little cheesed when I saw this marked "Not a Bug" until I was reassured later in the thread that it was, in fact, acknowledged by the devs as a bug. Is this going to be hotfixed? Heat shields being borderline useless is a pretty darn serious issue, in my opinion.