More intutive science: Samples=return, data=transmit, one shot, no diminishing return

[allmhuran]

Not sure what you mean there.

[SunJumper]

It's cetainly an idea that could be incorporated somewhere... but it terms of what the player actually does, it still leaves them doing nothing but spamming the "do science" action group button, which is still tedious.

What if there was a "scan" button rather than a "Log data" button. The "spamming" is done automatically while the player watches the probe/craft orbit something. This would also nullify the use of hyperspamming when in low space of a body during a fast flyby (like Moho)