Research

Science is returned exactly the same way you always would. You go out, collect the science and return it to Kerbin using transmission or recovery.

The science you have collected is not given to you straight away

Every budget cycle, the Research department will use the funding you have allocated to them to analyse the data, and then release the science to you as the experiment is analysed.

A practical example

Your net budget will be 825,000 funds this month

You have allocated 20% of your budget to Reasearch, meaning they can spend a maximum of 165,000 funds this month (825,000 x 20%). Let's assume you are using default settings (1 science = 1,000 funds), meaning the science department can release a maximum of 165 science (165,000/1000) this month if you don't increase their funding.

You have two experiments queued up to analyse, let's imagine they are worth 100 science each.

The budget is allocated as follows:

• Experiment 1 - 165 science left to allocate, 100 science allocated, experiment is completed you get 100 science.
• Experiment 2 - 35 science left to allocate, but we need 100. 65 science is given to you, and the remaining 35 will have to be analysed next month.

Again, increasing your research allocation will obviously complete experiments quicker, but there is a trade off between construction and budget.

If you overallocate (more funding than you need to complete your experiments) that funding will just be lost (you can imagine that the research department have taken themselves off on a wild party on your dime if you like)