Why i got so little money when i set 50% on fundraising!

[Pawelk198604]

I canceled policy aimed to boost science, because i have enough tech to send manned oh i mean kerbaled mission to Mun. But i have short on cash 180 thousands (IMHO should be millions:) ) on by budget but i need to purchase prototype.

I download Saturn V from Curse, but one launch cost 143 thousand, now i understand why NASA canceled APOLLO

The point is i switched Policy from science to money, but i got very little money from it:(

[Taki117]

Strategies only apply to Contract Completion. Also, if you have any Strategies that reduce the cost of launching a rocket you still need to have enough funds to cover the cost of the original rocket, but only the funds required for launch will be deducted.

[LordCurlyton]

There's also the fact that the conversion rate of funds from science just isn't worthwhile, considering that even your best science contracts will still only give a few hundred science, which means peanuts compared to the half mil+ rewards you can get already from said contracts. The only strategies that I find worthwhile are the recovery transponders, funds->science (here's 7500 science for completing what would have been a lucrative contract. Enjoy your mostly-unlocked-in-one-go tech tree), funds->reputation (helps get better contracts), and science->rep (same thing).

[Sirrobert]

Eehm, you don't need nearly that much funds to get to the Mun. A few 10k is enough for a full science return mission

180k will last you AGES if you spend it wisely, and that's not even taking into acount the cash you get from contracts