Space science pack

Space science pack

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• Space Age mod

Used by labs for research.
Stack size	2000
Rocket capacity	1000 (5 stacks)
Science capacity	100% 200% 300% 400% 600%
Crafted only on
Prototype type	tool
Internal name	space-science-pack
Required technologies
Produced by

Recipe
15 + 1 + 1 + 2 → 5
Total raw
15 + 1 + 1 + 2
Used by labs for research.
Stack size	200
Rocket capacity	1000 (5 stacks)
Science capacity	100% 200% 300% 400% 600%
Crafted only on
Prototype type	tool
Internal name	space-science-pack
Required technologies
Produced by

The space science pack is a science pack. It is used in labs to research technologies. Unlike the other science packs, the space science pack has two different sources, depending if one is playing with Space Age or not.

In the base game, space science is an end-game science pack and is not directly craftable. Instead, it is obtained by launching a rocket from a rocket silo equipped with a satellite. 1000 space science packs are delivered to the cargo landing pad each time a rocket with a satellite is launched. A cargo landing pad must be built somewhere on the map for a rocket to launch. Space science packs are used in all infinite technologies.

In Space Age, space science is a mid-game science pack. It must be crafted on a space platform, from ingredients which are harvested by an asteroid collector somewhere on the platform, then crushed by crushers, and (in the case of iron ore) smelted by furnaces. (Wiki usage tip: to see the recipe, click on the "Space Age mod" tab in the infobox to the right.) Space science packs are needed for all subsequent technologies.

Achievements

Research with space Research a technology using space science packs.

Costs

The following shows the minimum items required to produce 1000 space science packs in the base game. It is calculated using a single rocket silo with no modules or beacons. The crafting of some intermediate products is not shown (due to the assumption that these items are available in large quantities within the factory).

1 rocket and satellite cost giving 1000 packs
100 1k 1k 1k 1 100 100 100 5 100 50

Total raw costs

	Recipe per 1000 packs	Recipe per 1 pack
	28725	28.7
	69288	69.3
	2700	2.7
	9900	9.9
	10500	10.5
	15500	15.5

Space Age ratio

The following shows the minimum ratio of assemblers/machines and items required to produce space science packs such that all number of assemblers/machines are whole numbers. Items per min is calculated using assembling machine 3 with no modules or beacons and all assemblers running at full speed. All space science resources can be made in multiple ways; this chart shows the production pathway using resources obtainable on Space platforms and without technology from planets other than Nauvis.

Items/min
1500 using 60 600 using 16 600 using 1 6 300 using 1 6 300 using 2 12

Trivia

• Prior to 2.0, space science could be launched in the rocket silo, which would return raw fish at a 1:1 ratio, up to a maximum of 100 fish per launch.
• During the closed beta playtesting of Space Age, the space science pack used to have uranium-235 as an ingredient.

History

• 2.0.7:
  • Launching space science pack into space no longer returns fish as there is now an other method to automate obtaining fish.

• 1.0.0:
  • Launching a rocket with space science packs inside now returns raw fish (not documented)

• 0.15.0:
  • Introduced

See also

• Research
• Science pack
• Technologies