Unable to fullfill contract?

[Kerbart]

Contract says: we want you to transmit science from space around Kerbin.

More specifically, the objective is: Transmit or recover scientific data from around Kerbin

Note how the contract does not mention that I need to use a specific command module, antenna, kerbal or anything else to fulfill the contract; it just mentions "transmit science"

When I choose "transmit science" from my mobile processing lab (my space station really doesn't have a lot else; why would it?) it doesn't count towards the contract.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[monophonic]

Maybe processed science doesn't count? Could be bug or intentional. Try transmitting a crew report. Even zero point results will complete these contracts. I imagine they want us to recheck previous results.

[Snarfster]

When you transit science from the lab, you do just that. You transmit the science resulting from the analysis of the data. So you're not sending data.

The contract asks for scientific data. If you choose the "review data" option on the lab, you can select data that has already been processed in the lab. Transmitting that will complete the contract. (I had a similar contract for science data from the surface of the mun; I sent an already processed eva report from my mun space station; it completed the mission).

[sal_vager]

Moved to gameplay questions.

[Snark]

The stuff that you transmit from the science lab is science points, not science data.  Science data is the stuff that you get out of science experiments and can stash in command pods.  Science points are the things that you slowly accumulate in the science lab as your scientists research the data that's stored there.

When you say "transmit science" on the lab, it's only transmitting points, not data, and therefore doesn't fulfill the contract.

The short answer:  to fulfill the contract, you're going to need to click the blue "transmit" satellite-dish button on the dialog that shows you a particular science result such as "temperature scan from space around wherever".

Note that the contract does not require that it be new science, or that the transmitted science actually be worth any points to you.  If it wants "science data from space around Kerbin" and you happen to have a satellite with a thermometer on it parked somewhere in Kerbin orbit, you can just switch to that satellite, take a temperature reading, and transmit it-- even if it's worth zero points because you previously got credit for that science experiment.

That's why it's a good idea to leave a satellite with at least one experiment on it parked in orbit around each celestial body you visit.  That way, if you ever get a "science data from space around X" contract in the future, it takes only about thirty seconds of your time:  switch to the satellite, grab and transmit a science result, done.

[David104]

3 hours ago, Snark said:

The stuff that you transmit from the science lab is science points, not science data.  Science data is the stuff that you get out of science experiments and can stash in command pods.  Science points are the things that you slowly accumulate in the science lab as your scientists research the data that's stored there.

When you say "transmit science" on the lab, it's only transmitting points, not data, and therefore doesn't fulfill the contract.

The short answer:  to fulfill the contract, you're going to need to click the blue "transmit" satellite-dish button on the dialog that shows you a particular science result such as "temperature scan from space around wherever".

Note that the contract does not require that it be new science, or that the transmitted science actually be worth any points to you.  If it wants "science data from space around Kerbin" and you happen to have a satellite with a thermometer on it parked somewhere in Kerbin orbit, you can just switch to that satellite, take a temperature reading, and transmit it-- even if it's worth zero points because you previously got credit for that science experiment.

That's why it's a good idea to leave a satellite with at least one experiment on it parked in orbit around each celestial body you visit.  That way, if you ever get a "science data from space around X" contract in the future, it takes only about thirty seconds of your time:  switch to the satellite, grab and transmit a science result, done.

Doesnt "space around kerbin" mean that you have entered the SOI but you´re NOT in orbit?

If you have a satellite in orbit around kerbin and you send scientific data that would not fullfil the contract.

[Reactordrone]

42 minutes ago, David104 said:

Doesnt "space around kerbin" mean that you have entered the SOI but you´re NOT in orbit?

If you have a satellite in orbit around kerbin and you send scientific data that would not fullfil the contract.

No. Space around Kerbin can be low orbit, high orbit, sub orbital and just passing through.

[Snark]

2 hours ago, David104 said:

Doesnt "space around kerbin" mean that you have entered the SOI but you´re NOT in orbit?

If you have a satellite in orbit around kerbin and you send scientific data that would not fullfil the contract.

What Reactordrone said.

"Space around X" means:

1. you are in X's SoI
2. you are not landed or splashed down on the surface of X
3. you are not in X's atmosphere

All it cares about is where you are, not what your trajectory is.

If you have a probe landed on the Mun, and it asks you for "space around the Mun", that won't work 'coz it's landed.  But if you blip its engines to make it hop a few centimeters above the surface and grab a measurement before it comes down again, that counts. 

 

[David104]

all righty..good to know. Cheers dudes..:)