So what exactly does Science earn us?

[Kerbonautical]

I get that it unlocks parts which are otherwise locked out and I really like that approach as an RPG fan, I enjoy a good grind here and there. But is there any real reward currently in .22? Are there a number of new parts hidden up the far end of that tech tree? Can some of the experiments answer some of the questions we've had about the planets composite structures?

Currently it seems to just add to your science score but doesn't really flesh out the universe much. Any of you guys performed more meaningful science further along yet?

[stringyquark]

Science is a reward unto itself.

http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Version_History

And here is a link to the change log, should answer most of your questions.

[Seret]

Science just unlocks parts on the tech tree at the moment.

[Kerbonautical]

Science is a reward unto itself.

http://wiki.kerbalspaceprogram.com/wiki/Version_History

And here is a link to the change log, should answer most of your questions.

Thanks! Hopefully we'll see it expand into a rich system that can reveal info about the planets in the next few updates

[rodion_herrera]

Aside from science, I think what the new setup is trying to teach us is a concept known as "Delayed Gratification"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_gratification

I think the lack of this in KSP before, was the reason why some people, esp. those who were too busy to mess with mods or "resource-mining" type of missions, lost interest or had waning interest after doing some successful milestone like Munar landing, or orbiting Jool.

In early great computer games, the "core replay value" of a game, aside from the ability to "mod" it, was a system that introduced Delayed Gratification as a rewards system. This is typical in some great, classic computer games of the past, and I think Squad is after this core, because they want KSP to really become a great and classic game, and I predict it will be.

Edited October 17, 2013 by rodion_herrera

[CatastrophicFailure]

Pay attention to the "inventing witty loading hints" loading hint. Once the room full of monkeys @ keyboards has invented all the loading hints, they'll turn their attention to "inventing witty sciencey stuff."

[FITorion]

It's a tutorial for new players.

Science anywhere but Kerbin and the Mun is very generic as only those two places currently have biome maps.