Talk:Observatory/@comment-96.3.96.31-20150622151436/@comment-69.1.27.102-20171002212826

By the time you have Radio Telescopes, electricity is not that big of a deal. By this time you should be at Fission power plants, which produce 4800 Power per square (25,000 power, minus 1000 for Waste Materials Center, divided by total of 5 squares).

For research production, the Radio Telescope produces 15 Research per day, while the Observatory produces 7.5 Research per day.

Counting space needed for the Fission plants, the Observatory needs ~1.2 squares to produce ~6.7 Research per square per day. The Radio Telescope needs ~1.6 squares, producing ~9.7 Research per square per day.

The Observatory does produce $5 per day, but if you need money just build a Dumpsite and import waste. Even at $2 per unit of waste, a Dumpsite gets rid of 2250 Waste over 9 Squares over 3 days, which is 250 per square per 3 days, or just over 80 Waste per square per day, for ~$160 per square per day. That will give you all the money you need.