Transfer of science from Lab to command pod?

[Korr]

The goal is...

1) Permanent Lab/Fueling Station in orbit around each planet and their natural satellites

2) Undock a lander to get samples/readings

3) Redock, xfer samples to Lab, reset science modules

4) Repeat for new biomes <-- all planets better get some soon!

5) Load it all up science in the command module*, leaving the lab behind in orbit

6) Return to Kerbin w/ just a single command module and all the science.

*Is that possible? If so, could someone lay out the exact steps? I must be missing something...

Edited May 12, 2014 by Korr
Science!

[xcorps]

Yep. You don't even have to dock with the Lab. Just do an eva, collect the data by right clicking on the hatch, take it back to your pod, and head for Earth. Kerbin. Whatever.

[Korr]

hmm... I'll try it again. It didn't seem to work.

[Korr]

Ok... messing with this on the Launchpad.

I have a Lab with some Goo and ScienceJrs attached.

I take readings > choose process in lab

EVA and head to lab, click on lab door, no options to get reports. (the reports are worth 0 points, wondering if that may the the problem)

[Korr]

Lab shows 5 reports (2 goo, 2 jr, 1 thermo)... I have the option to transmit or keep. No way to transfer or "take" in EVA that I can see...

[Korr]

Ok... think I misunderstood the lab as a "science repository". "Process in lab" seems to indicate that

I'm able to EVA and take the samples directly from the individual science modules. Then back to the command pod, clean w/ the lab, repeat.

So there's no "transfer" of data to the lab itself, just the ability to reuse modules and increase transmit value?

Was hoping I could pickup all the science from one place, seems I need to pick it all up manually.

[Othuyeg]

You are, sadly, correct. I wish there was an easier way of transferring data from the experiments to the lab, or a command module, but at the moment there isn't. There might be a mod that alters this, but I don't know of such.

[GoatRider]

Ok... think I misunderstood the lab as a "science repository". "Process in lab" seems to indicate that

I'm able to EVA and take the samples directly from the individual science modules. Then back to the command pod, clean w/ the lab, repeat.

So there's no "transfer" of data to the lab itself, just the ability to reuse modules and increase transmit value?

Was hoping I could pickup all the science from one place, seems I need to pick it all up manually.

Reusing the modules is the important part of the lab. Increasing transmit values is pretty much useless. It also has the ability to hold more than one of each experiment/biome combination, so you can repeat the experiment to get full credit. But then you have to bring the whole lab back.

[Korr]

Reusing the modules is the important part of the lab. Increasing transmit values is pretty much useless. It also has the ability to hold more than one of each experiment/biome combination, so you can repeat the experiment to get full credit. But then you have to bring the whole lab back.

So it is storage for science and doesn't havent the command pod warning of "cannot store" when you try to duplicate? An you still store it manually?

[GoatRider]

So it is storage for science and doesn't havent the command pod warning of "cannot store" when you try to duplicate? An you still store it manually?

Right, you still have to EVA a kerbal to pick it up, but you stop at the sci lab to drop it off and he can drop of as many as he wants.

[Korr]

Alright thanks guys

That'll help me plan out future missions

[Pwnstarr]

Oh nice... good to know.

[KerbMav]

You are, sadly, correct. I wish there was an easier way of transferring data from the experiments to the lab, or a command module, but at the moment there isn't. There might be a mod that alters this, but I don't know of such.

Ship Manifest does it, I think it even respects the one-shotness of the Goo Container/Materials Bay - an older mod didnt.