I need to know...

[Bothersome]

Why the "Data Value" is so low on some things.

I just did a fly-over the Kerbin mountains and the report said the scientific value was 140 (first time take there). So I landed the craft and did a return for max value. I got 14.0 points of science because the Data Value was at 0.1. Why is that value so low? Some other things were like 0.7 so those didn't take such a strong hit.

I guess what I want to know is, what is causing that Data Value to go so low.

This thread should be moved if it's in the wrong place.

[FITorion]

Diminishing returns.

It may have been your first time in that spot but I'll wager that it was not your first time in that Biome type. Each time you recover data from a biome... be it from transmitting or recovering the craft... the amount the data from the next time is worth is reduced. You have to keep going new places to get more science.

[Bothersome]

So I guess there is not much value in "Exploring All of Kerbin" then.

Thanks for the answer though, much appreciated.

[Fr3Runn3r]

Wait do you mean it only transmitted 10% because that's not what FITorion was talking about. I'm not actually sure what governs that value, however if you do it multiple times you will get all of the science you would otherwise have had.

[togfox]

From this statement

You have to keep going new places to get more science.

You somehow jumped to this conclusion

So I guess there is not much value in "Exploring All of Kerbin" then.

You need to explore a large part to ensure youve hit each biome at least once, and there is still value in doing it more than once.