Research and Development/ja

Research and Development KSC building
レベル 3 レベル 1 レベル 2
所在地		カービン (Kerbin)
		Kerbal Space Center
高度		67 m
バージョンから		0.22

Research and Development(研究開発施設)はバージョン 0.22で追加された施設でキャリアモードとサイエンスモードでのみ利用できる。サンドボックスモード内では閉鎖されている。

Functions

初め2つの技術を開発した状態の技術ツリー

R&Dには2つの機能がある。技術ツリーに則ったパーツ開発と、過去の実験記録の閲覧である。 両機能は画面左上のタブで切り替えることができる。

ヴェルナー・フォン・カルマンと実験記録

Technologyタブでは技術ツリーが表示され、開発済みの技術とそれに隣接した開発可能な技術のみ表示される。技術開発にはScienceポイントが必要で、though parts in locked nodes whose prerequisite nodes have been unlocked can be individually unlocked with funds.

Science Archivesタブでは過去に行った実験の記録を閲覧できる。フィルタリング機能があり、天体・"Experiment"(実験方法)・"Situation"(状況)・"Biomes"(バイオーム)で絞り込むことが出来る。各条件での不足を確認することで次に行うべき実験環境を効果的に導き出すことが出来る。

Agency

Agency logo of the Research & Development Department

Since バージョン 0.24, Research & Development Department has been an agency offering contracts, one of only two^[outdated] which is not a manufacturer. Their contracts are focused entirely on gathering Science data and doing things that have never been done before. Crew survival isn't unwelcome either.

Agency description

「

The Space Program's own Research & Development Department. Headed by celebrity rocket scientist Wernher von Kerman, these guys are the brains of the whole operation. Driven by an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, no piece of data is too small or too irrelevant, and increasing the accumulated knowledge of Kerbalkind is their main motivation. Our resident geniuses only ask to be given due academic credit for their contributions to science, and that all astronauts PLEASE refrain from entering the labs without cleaning their boots first.

」

Buildings

The Research and Development Facility is the largest structure in the Kerbal Space Center and consists of several buildings, though none are nearly as large as the Vehicle Assembly Building or the Spaceplane Hangar. Its complex architecture notably includes a two-storey tall tunnel through a large building and an elevated hallway connecting two buildings about five-storeys up. In the southwest corner is an observatory, presumably for an optical telescope. A separate building on the south side has massive ductwork for a wind tunnel. Nearby is a tank tower similar to that by the launch pad. Scattered around are numerous smaller buildings and quonset huts.

トリビア

KSC内でsurface sampleを採取すると「この汚れたブーツを洗わずにラボに入ったら、科学者たちは悲鳴を上げるだろう。」というコメントを残す。これは火星探査機キュリオシティに搭載された掘削ドリルの滅菌処理に不備があり、火星を地球のバクテリアで汚染してしまった可能性があると関係各所から非難されたことに因んでいると言われている。

If a player tries to enter the R&D facility in sandbox mode, a message will appear saying "The research and development facility is closed". Attempting to send experimental data (ex. from a Mystery Goo™ Containment Unit) will yield one of three messages such as "You feel that you aren't really learning anything."

Bugs

In the first official release in 0.23.5, the scientific progress was reset when visiting the facility using a save from an old version. An update afterwards changing the version number to 0.23.5.464 fixed that issue.