Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-69.1.27.102-20170415163830/@comment-69.1.27.102-20170428121347

Robotic Analyzer is the Science 1 Kit. Build 4 of them at the Moon, and send them to Mars.

You will need a Life Support Module at Mars, so make sure you have the components for it (Mars Water Borehole Kit, Mars Electrolyzer Kit, 3D Parts storage).

Note: 4 Rovers produce enough research for 1 Robotic Analyzer, so if you want to plop down 1 2x2 Research Facility, you will need 16 Rovers (or you will be turning it on/off repeatedly).

Build/Launch/Land (BLL) Rovers to produce Samples. You BLL a Robotic Analyzer to look at the samples and randomly produce Mars Lichen/Plants. Harvest the Lichen/plants to produce Cellulose. BLL a 3D Printer to convert 500 Cellulose into 1 Part. Print 35 Parts at the 3D Printer, so you have enough for a Life Support Module, a 2x2 Research Facility, and a Garage. Recycle the 3D Printer and the 3D Printed Parts storage. Use the Water Borehole kit, the Electrolyzer kit, the 3D Parts storage Kit, the 3D Printer Kit, and 10 Parts to build the Life Support Module (everything else will attach to it or another 2x2 building). Recycle all the Robotic Analyzers, and build a 2x2 Research Facility. Recycle 4 Gas Harvesters and build a Garage. Turn the Garage off for now.

Builf & Launch a Grass Truck (this can be done right after you BLL the 3D Printer, as 25 Parts will take a while).

2x2 research Facility produces randomly selected Plant/Worm/Fish DNA. Focus on gathering Plant DNA for now. When you have five Plant DNA, reactivate the Garage, and send out the Grass Truck. Note that wherever you put the grass, it will stay there until you recycle it. The Grass Truck initially seeds it using 1 hour offline time. After you pop back in, the Grass Truck is returned to storage. Harvesting occurs after another offline hour. Grass produces 400 cellulose per harvest, so it rapidly becomes your best source of Cellulose.

Hope this helps.