Research

Rocket science replaces 'Space Science' and is now used in space by the space science lab. You can also develop 4 new advanced space sciences in using specialised equipment: astronomical, biological, material, and energy. Be warned: These new sciences are data-driven and more difficult to set up. A basic initial setup is not going to be resource efficient, but you can develop the sciences further to unlock more resource efficient recipes. Which one will you invest in first?

Data Cards
The 4 advanced space sciences follow a similar structure, though each has their own challenges:
 * 1) A space structure runs an experiment, requiring Blank Data Cards and other materials as input.
 * 2) If the experiment succeeds it produces a card with the results encoded on it, often producing byproducts or returning a percentage of the raw materials.
 * 3) Data cards with experimental results are results are collected from the various experiments, creating a catalogue of a certain tier.
 * 4) Catalogues are analyzed in the Supercomputer for Insights, returning Blank Data Cards.
 * 5) Insights are analyzed in the Supercomputer for Significant Data, returning Blank Data Cards.
 * 6) The science pack is created in the Manufactory, requiring Catalogues, Insights, and Significant Data.

Note that in step 2, some experiments can fail and produce junk data (or fail catastrophically and produce broken data cards!), requiring them to be recycled. In step 4, Insights can be produced at a better rate by combining different tiers of catalogues *within* the same space science, while in step 5 Significant data can be produced more efficiently by combining Insights from *different* space sciences.