Lab Module Uses

[Animal Mother]

Are there going to be more uses for the Lab Module in the Campaign? At the moment I'm at the point whereby I performed experiments, to get science point, just so I could researched the lab. I then put it in orbit, along with some experiments, only to find out I already maxed out those experiments. All I can do with the Lab is improve value of the experiment by +0.0

Have I been using it wrong, or was it inserted into this update to get ready for a bigger purpose, i.e. fulfilling contracts with pharmaceutical companies for developing new medicines or engineering firm for researching new consumer materials?

I guess you would see bigger returns in late games where you use it as a landing craft on other planets, but I thought it was intended to be a skylab type module initially.

[thereaverofdarkness]

I got the lab module and took it to Minmus, where I then proceeded to run around on EVA scooping up soil samples and processing them in the lab for points. I'm unlocking enough science that I shouldn't have to bring any of it home. Not a big deal considering how easy it is to recover from Minmus, but it serves as an excellent proof of concept for my future Mün mission.

[ArmchairGravy]

It's very useful on interplanetary trips as you can store experiment results and then reset the experiments. Took one to Duna and Ike as an orbiter, had 2 of everything on the lander, brought 4k science home.