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Space Dust is all about providing a new atmospheric and exospheric resource prospecting and harvesting experience for KSP.
Resources are distributed in Bands, which are areas of usable concentrations. Bands can be shells, rings, those kind of things. Bands can be in atmospheres, parts of atmospheres, exospheres. etc.
Bands typically start out undiscovered, with the exception of homeworld common resources. You'll have to Discover and then Identify them to find out where the best resources are
Discovery is all about locating the resources. Use a scanner part or a telescope part to find a band around a celestial body.
- Scanners: Scanners are parts you place on a vessel like a probe, then fly to you destination. Different scanners operate differently, some may need you to fly into the resource band, others can detect things from a distance.
- Telescopes: Telescopes function at a distance. Target Celestial bodies you are interested in and start surveys - eventually, depending on distance and the target, you will start discovering things - as long as they aren't too far away.
Discovery reveals resources on the map but doesn't tell you anything about concentrations.
Identification is about refining knowledge. Use your scanner parts to further look at Discovered resource bands to Identify them and reveal information on their concentrations and precise extents. Most scanner parts can also Identify resources but generally need the part to be closer.
Use dedicated harvesters to collect resources. Two harvesters are provided for long-term processing operations. Other mods can easily build atmosphere scoops and more interesting processing options.