Beginner help - the basics

Supposedly, the reason is that you need to research Robotics which is not a space ship tech and the tech detour costs more time than the extra production saves in most cases. Keep in mind production bonuses are additive and that you already have +150% from factory, coal plant and laboratory. So the space elevator raises your total multiplier for the stasis chamber and engine from 2.5 to 3 and from 3.5 to 4 for the other parts (100% resource bonus), so an increase of 20% and 14% in real terms, respectively.
 
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