Most valuable science in the game?

[Raikoutrio]

I don't know if anyone knows this, but a scan with a seismic accelorometer on Moho's surface is worth 500 science points!

I'm not sure if it's the most valuable piece of data in the game, but it is worth the long trip. And i know for sure because i just landed on Moho 10 minutes ago.

If you know any other very high science values please post them so that i can science them

[Sir Nahme]

Total transmitted value from my unmanned low orbit solar probe netted over 800 science

Low Solar orbit starts under 1m meters

[FlamedSteak]

Crips, the most i've picked up so far (in a single experiment) is 125 from the science jr. on the surface of Minmus.

[Stargate525]

An atmospheric probe in Eve's upper atmosphere rates at 1200. But I haven't recovered it, so I've only gotten a fraction of it. A full suite of sensors dropped to eve's surface will net you around 2400.

[Raikoutrio]

An atmospheric probe in Eve's upper atmosphere rates at 1200. But I haven't recovered it, so I've only gotten a fraction of it. A full suite of sensors dropped to eve's surface will net you around 2400.

I'm feeling the need to science! Plus, i haven't visited Eve yet in this save, so i know where i'm going!

[AmpsterMan]

Wow some of these science figures feel a bit ridiculously high

[certissian]

Looking at the data ingame, you get most data from landing on Jool, probably possible with a perfectly timed science module activation and transmission before the Kraken destroys the ship. The next best place seems to be landing on Eeloo which amounts to half as much science as landing on Jool.

[SkyRender]

Just so you know, the reported science for the seismological scan, gravity scan, and atmospheric analyses are incorrect. You actually get a much smaller quantity than reported (2/5ths, 1/3rd, and 1/10th respectively). Theoretically the highest-value experiment is a repeat-transmission of a soil sample from Eve. That gets you 480 science.

[Odo]

Ive gotten 1500 on an accelerometor on Duna I think it was. Might have been Eve.

[smilingmonkey]

Oh man, I get excited when I get 10 science points...

Then I just started playing .22 and have not unlocked anything researchy beyond the goo.

Plenty to look forward to it seems.

[spudcosmic]

The atmosphere analyzer gets 1200 science on it's first use in eve's upper and lower atmosphere, I'm working on getting the landed values, but It could be awhile because the vessel it's on is a probe glider with too many wings.

[LameLefty]

A fast low altitude probe flyby of Moho, with just the Science Jr. and Goo canister, netted me almost 650 science points tonight, even accounting for all the transmission losses. That's the most I've gotten from any single mission to date in Career Mode, but I've yet to land crew or even a probe outside the Kerbin system itself.

[spikeyhat09]

sent a manned pod to duna, and spammed the hell out of the transmitter via materials bay, mystery goo, crew report, and EVA walks, from high solar orbit, high duna orbit, low duna orbit, in atmosphere,high ike orbit, and low ike orbit, then returned to kerbin. received a little over 2.2k science points

Edited October 23, 2013 by spikeyhat09

[magnemoe]

An atmospheric probe in Eve's upper atmosphere rates at 1200. But I haven't recovered it, so I've only gotten a fraction of it. A full suite of sensors dropped to eve's surface will net you around 2400.

Atmospheric probe at Jool gives 2400 for first sample, it also get one for high atmosphere and one for flying, at least the upper atmosphere can be done by aerobraking. Flying might require dropping an probe.

Laythe should give an even higher score, landing will top that.

The atmospheric anlyzer gives a lot of science, it also uses power as mad.

[ludsoe]

Atmospheric probe at Jool gives 2400 for first sample, it also get one for high atmosphere and one for flying, at least the upper atmosphere can be done by aerobraking. Flying might require dropping an probe.

Laythe should give an even higher score, landing will top that.

The atmospheric anlyzer gives a lot of science, it also uses power as mad.

Theres some text ingame if you land on Jool. I'm assuming you get boatloads of science from that.

[Arendey]

Sorry to pop your bubbles guys but the atmospheric probe science display is bugged and displays an extra 0, so 1600 for Duna= 160, the 140 for Kirbin is 14 etc.

Edit: The most valuable single piece of science is an Eve liquid or soil sample (MaxMaps mentioned this in one of the recent Squadcasts)

Edited October 23, 2013 by Arendey

[Rocket Farmer]

2.1K science off of the mun.

I landed in 5 biomes taking soil samples, material samples, temperatures, goo, EVA reports and crew reports. My ship had 8 goo containers and 6 material samplers (both are light) and 2 pods. I was able to hit 5 biomes with only 50km of total distance travelled on the north edge of the farside crater. I hit Farside crater, then flew 5km north and got midlands. A further 1.6km flight got highlands. Then a 40km flight for the mun canyons got me the northwest crater somehow. My Kerbal happily found the Mun canyon Biome only 200m away so I jumped there and headed home. This was with already cleaning out the lower and upper atmosphere science in a previous mission.

Just remember your pods can carry ONE sample FROM EACH biome and ONE EVA report from each BIOME. So with 2 pods I got 2 soils and 2 EVAs from each biome X5.

Best I have found by far and it was easy and quick. With a little work I could probably catch 6-7 Biomes and get all the atmosphere points for theoretically 3,000+ science points for a easy mission.

[SkyRender]

If you want to include multiple biomes and experiments, the Mun is really, really hard to beat just now. There are 14 recognized biomes (15 total, but the poles are the same biome), each with their own scientific data. I ran the calculations on it, and the surface of the Mun alone is worth over 9000 science (insert overused DBZ image macro here) if you run every possible experiment. The only way any other planet could match it at this point is if it had a multiplier of about 30 and an atmosphere; even Eve doesn't sport that high a multiplier.

[Scotius]

Which kinda makes sense. Mun is usually first target of every budding space program. Hefty amount of science to get there provides a running start for real interplanetary exploration. And experience in landing, rocket-jumping, rover usage etc. Good choice SQUAD

[allmappedout]

Of course the issue with having that much science easily obtainable means that there's a bit less incentive to then pop anywhere else, especially if it's true that the entire tree can be done in around 12,000 science..?

[Eric S]

I don't know if anyone knows this, but a scan with a seismic accelorometer on Moho's surface is worth 500 science points!

I'm not sure if it's the most valuable piece of data in the game, but it is worth the long trip. And i know for sure because i just landed on Moho 10 minutes ago.

If you know any other very high science values please post them so that i can science them

OK, first problem: The popup that tells you about the science results and asks you if you want to keep it, transmit it, or trash it is bugged and overreports some of the types of research. When you go to turn them in, if you actually pay attention, you'll see you're getting 1/3 to 1/10th the value.

What it comes down to is that the most valuable science comes from surface samples. Eeloo has the highest value surface sample I've found so far, including Tylo, but I haven't tried Moho yet.

[rucdoc]

I managed to get a probe out of the system but ran out of power before I could run tests, which is odd becuase the probe was covered in solar arrays. maybe I just needed more batteries.

[Rjhere]

I just finished a science trip to duna where I got 1293,7 science. That included 16 Mystery Goo canisters and two science bays. Also four EVA reports and a crew report. Poor Jeb where all alone in the single man capsule... Will land and return when I get all the sensors

[Demon_82]

A landing and back crewed trip to Duna, with Mistery Goo, Science Jr., atmosteric analyzer, and the four old refurbished sensors, spamming the instrumentation at every different height, and returning some samples was worth about 2750 points, and that was after having a previous flyby mission which had already taken some of the low orbit points, it could have been more. Once you get the whole suit of sensors science comes fast

[palker]

I got over 3300 science points going from Kerbin to Close flyby of sun and then i managed to get to Duna orbit Ike and then land on Duna with a single probe. Will send bunch of probes to Jool for some real science.