About to launch my first space platform, what should I put on it?

[Euphytose]

Hey,

I'm currently hand crafting a starter pack, and my rocket is ready to launch.

What should I put on it? Right now I just want the science, I don't intend on exploring another planet just yet.

Thanks for reading.

[Nico]

For the start you need lots of space foundation, and all you need to make space science, so solar panels, assemblers, belts, inserters, asteroid collectors, crushers and electric furnaces. You have to build quite a few rockets to send up all the needed stuff. Also, if you don't fly around the size of the space platform doesn't matter, so you can make it a bit bigger to have an easier time setting everything up.

[Euphytose]

Originally posted by Nico:

For the start you need lots of space foundation, and all you need to make space science, so solar panels, assemblers, belts, inserters, asteroid collectors, crushers and electric furnaces. You have to build quite a few rockets to send up all the needed stuff. Also, if you don't fly around the size of the space platform doesn't matter, so you can make it a bit bigger to have an easier time setting everything up.

Thank you!

[Kazouie]

Originally posted by Euphytose:

What should I put on it?

mostly just not a lot, 3 blue assemblers of space science was enough for me to never run out when researching stuff at around 70 to 100 spm, just let it buffer a lot in your landing pad or something.

[Boothy]

Also note, you don't need to launch stuff up manually (although you can if you want).

If you set a rocket silo to auto mode, the platform will automatically request items to be sent up. i.e. Place ghosts in remote mode, including the foundations, and the platform will automatically request them from Nauvis.

Only caveat to this is that it will try to send full stacks, to fill up the rockets. So if you only want to send a few of an item up (and if you've not scaled up rocket parts production yet), manually launch rockets instead, you can also mix items, i.e. add a few of this, a few of that, till the rocket is full, then launch.

You also don't need any defences, turrets etc, if it's staying in Nauvis orbit. Only tiny asteroids in orbit above Nauvis, and they don't do any damage to platforms (turrets ignore these tiny asteroids anyway).

[Euphytose]

Thanks guys!

[Lord Skarra]

Originally posted by Euphytose:

Hey,

I'm currently hand crafting a starter pack, and my rocket is ready to launch.

What should I put on it? Right now I just want the science, I don't intend on exploring another planet just yet.

Thanks for reading.

A Nuclear Reactor.
With 50 Water Storage Containers
and 4k Water Barrels.

What it powers my ship forever for doing everything for the first few planets.

[Lord Skarra]

I recommend setting up a automatic rocket factory by using 3 request chests and a silo and build about 15 of these all near each other, so the rockets can send items to the platform when its over nauvis...

as for the reactor thing, solar panels, batteries, all seem to not run very well when moving... especially if your using lazer turrets...

unless your using the platform for a science setup for space science you don't need this stuff tho.

since ur not going to be moving platform mostly... just making science.

[Boothy]

@Lord Skarra : I think you missed the OPs 'science' only, not going anywhere bit :-)