1. Nauvis Fast-Track to Blue Science & Cheap Rockets
In Factorio: Space Age, the Rocket Silo unlocks much earlier at Chemical (Blue) Science rather than waiting for Purple and Yellow Science. Build a clean 4-belt Iron and 4-belt Copper Main Bus on Nauvis, rush Construction Bots for automated blueprint placement, and set up dedicated Low Density Structure, Blue Circuit, and Rocket Fuel assembly lines so your Nauvis base can ship supplies autonomously while you are off-world.
2. Designing Your First Interplanetary Space Platform
Moving Space Platforms encounter medium metallic, carbonic, and oxide asteroids that will smash your hub unless shot down by Gun Turrets fed with yellow or red ammo forged directly in orbit from crushed metallic asteroid chunks. Keep your first ship narrow to minimize asteroid collision width, and use a circuit decider combinator to throttle fuel pumps so your ship cruises at a safe speed.
3. Recommended Planetary Order: Vulcanus -> Fulgora -> Gleba -> Aquilo
Visit Vulcanus first to unlock the Foundry (+50% productivity on molten iron/copper casting and belt manufacturing) and Big Mining Drills (+50% resource depletion efficiency). Next, head to Fulgora to unlock the Electromagnetic Plant (+50% productivity on all circuits and modules) and Mech Armor before tackling Gleba’s biological spoilage chains and Aquilo’s cryogenic endgame.