RP-1 Extended Science

RP-1 Extended Science adds long-duration crew and station science to RP-1. It gives space stations and habitation builds something useful to do over the long haul, from early station work to multi-decade crewed programs and late-game planetary orbit missions.

What It Adds

• 20 Kerbalism long-duration experiments for crewed stations and planetary orbit missions.
• Early studies for morale, health, operations, and routine station work.
• Mid-game experiments for life support, countermeasures, greenhouse operations, and closed-loop systems.
• Late-game capstones for multi-decade habitation and permanent crewed stations.
• Planetary-orbit studies for Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.

How It Fits RP-1

The configs are set up to fit RP-1's progression rather than replace it.

• Capsule parts use RP-1's existing Crew Science menu where available.
• Other crewed parts get a separate Extended Crew Science menu.
• Station habitation parts use Long-Duration Crew Science with tiered slot counts.
• Experiment availability follows RP-1 station tiers and stock RSS body filters.

Experiment List

Experiment                                  Duration   Crew   Science   Valid Location
Crew Morale and Recreation Survey           1 year     1      90        Earth, Space Low
Orbital Crew Health Baseline                1 year     2      200       Earth, Space Low
Computer Workload Adaptation Study          2 years    1      160       Earth, Space Low
Microgravity Fungal Culture Study           2 years    2      350       Earth or Moon, Space Low
Crew Leisure and Daily Routine Study        3 years    2      260       Earth, Space Low
Station Operations Reliability Study        3 years    2      450       Earth, Space Low
Bone and Muscle Countermeasure Trial        5 years    2      700       Earth or Moon, Space Low
High-Orbit Crew Radiation Dosimetry         5 years    2      700       Earth or Moon, Space High
Behavioral Health and Isolation Study       6 years    3      800       Earth or Moon, Space High
Life Support Maintenance Study              8 years    2      950       Earth or Moon, Space Low
Closed-Loop Atmosphere Validation          10 years    2      1100      Earth or Moon, Space Low
Orbital Greenhouse and Crop Operations      12 years    2      1300      Earth or Moon, Space Low
Closed-Loop Habitation Demonstration       15 years    3      1600      Earth or Moon, Space High
Crew Turnover and Station Continuity       20 years    4      2000      Earth or Moon, Space Low
Permanent Habitation Systems Trial         30 years    4      2600      Earth or Moon, Space High
Interplanetary Radiation Dosimetry          5 years    3      950       Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto, Space High
Autonomous Life Support Operations          8 years    3      1250      Venus or Mars, Space High
Mars-Orbit Habitation Systems Trial        10 years    3      1500      Mars, Space Low
Planetary Crew Autonomy and Comms Delay    12 years    3      1750      Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto, Space High
Planetary Closed-Loop Habitat Demonstration 15 years    4      2200      Venus or Mars, Space High

Requirements

Hard requirements:

• RP-1
• ModuleManager
• Kerbalism-Config-RO
• RealSolarSystem

Optional part packs are supported but not required:

• StationPartsExpansionRedux
• HabTech2
• CxAerospace
• RN-SalyutStations
• RN-Skylab
• RN-SovietSpacecraft
• NearFutureConstruction
• NearFutureElectrical
• NearFutureSolar
• ROCapsules
• ROTanks
• ROSolar

Installation

Copy the RP-1-Extended Science folder from this repo's GameData tree into your KSP GameData directory so it ends up as GameData/RP-1-Extended Science/....