Basic Rocketry
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Basic Rocketry is the second node on the Tech tree, and the only stage 2 node on the tree. This is the first node the player researches. It costs 5 Science, and includes four parts, including the first decoupler and the first science experiment.
Required Research
As this is the first node the player researches, it only requires the one node the player starts with:
Available Research
Three nodes branch off of this one on the tree: