Science gathering mechanics

[Xegon]

Hi

So i wanted to know how best to gather science. So i conducted a series of test. Here's what i found:

I've set up a Materials Labs on the LaunchPad, which has a maximum output of 9,6 science. The total results are taken from the persistent-file, the other values are displayed ingame.

I was thinking of collecting all my science from Mün and Minmus the way i described it in try 3. Try 3 gathered 83,25% of the possible 9,6 Science, which is ok i guess...

If you want to max out the biome as fast as possible you should go with something like try 10. Would require the same lander as try 3, but more capsules to bring home.

Also, i found out that it doesn't matter if you recover 3 MatLabs at once or one after the other (see try 6 and 10)

Here's what i tested:

try 1:

recover 7,5

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total 7,5 (or 78,13%)

try 2:

transmit 1,5

recover 6,3

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total 7,828125 (or 81,54%)

try 3:

prcess+transmit 2,3

recover 5,7

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total 7,992188 (or 83,25%)

try 4:

transmit 1,5

prcess+transmit 0,9

recover 5,6

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total 8,033532 (or 83,68%)

try 5:

transmit 1,5

prcess+transmit 0,9

recover 5,6

recover 1,2

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total 9,257336 (or 96,43%)

try 6:

transmit 1,5

prcess+transmit 0,9

recover 5,6

recover 1,2

recover 0,3

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total 9,525043 (or 99,22%)

try 7:

transmit 1,5

prcess+transmit 0,9

recover+recover 5,6+1,2

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total 9,257336 (or 96,43%)

try 8:

prcess+transmit 2,3

recover+recover 5,7+1,3

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total 9,248291 (or 96,34%)

try 9:

transmit 1,5

prcess+transmit 0,9

recover+recover+recover 5,6+1,2+0,3

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total 9,525043 (or 99,22%)

try 10:

recover+recover 7,5+1,6

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total 9.140625 (or 95,21)

So, anyone up to see if surface samples act the same way?

Edited December 18, 2013 by Xegon