NOOOOO!!!!! You idiots.
One of the few things that is killing KSP 1 science is just how grindy and bland it is. Science is a single number resource, so it's easier to grind it, then to engineer something. (especially, once the economy is a problem too.)

So, now, that the KSP-2 had a chance to add some other "requirements" to make the science work.... They have missed the chance again.