"Take Data" instead of returning materials bay?

[davidpsummers]

I have a lander with a mystery goo container and a materials bay. Its a manned mission where the astronauts are coming back, but the lander isn't. If I used "Take Data" to move the data from the goo and bay to the capsule, and leave the goo and bay behind but return the capsule, do I get full science?

Edited July 16, 2014 by davidpsummers

[Master Tao]

You'll get the maximum science for one run of the experiment. Capsules can only store one copy of an experiment per biome, so sometimes its best to send more than one experiment per biome.

Later on, you'll also get the Science Lab, which lets you "clean" those two experiments and reuse them if you take the data out first. It can also store unlimited copies of all experiments.

Edited July 15, 2014 by Master Tao

[davidpsummers]

I understand. I don't to return the experiments, I can collect that data from them and get full science. But I can't reuse them without the Science Lab.

[Superfluous J]

Correct. Returning the experiments with the data in them or your command pod with the data in it is exactly the same science return. All that matters is you returned SOMETHING with that data in it.

[Specialist290]

One thing you might want to keep in mind is that, with the advent of the contracts and currency system in 0.24, you'll be refunded a small bit for each part you bring back safely and recover on Kerbin. So if money is tight, it might still be beneficial to bring the science modules back if you're super-tight on cash.

[Superfluous J]

One thing you might want to keep in mind is that, with the advent of the contracts and currency system in 0.24, you'll be refunded a small bit for each part you bring back safely and recover on Kerbin. So if money is tight, it might still be beneficial to bring the science modules back if you're super-tight on cash.

That's a thought. Might make science labs+a few modules a more attractive option than dozens of modules that you leave littered all over the Sunar System.