If any letter should be accepted it would be `e` though, supporting scientific shorthand like 1e3 for 1000 would be awesome That’s exactly what it is doing. It doesn’t support most letters, but it will do maths expressions like 5*15 or scientific notation like 3e7. Still though… I’d much rather be ...

Moving the character to a platform with the editor does allow the character to craft them. Credits to Wizord on the community discord for testing.
https://discordapp.com/channels/1396775 ... 3908130846

If any letter should be accepted it would be `e` though, supporting scientific shorthand like 1e3 for 1000 would be awesome

Factoriopedia lists the engineer as a valid crafting source for space science packs, the engineer however isn't able to hold items in his inventory or craft items whilst in the conditions required on a space platform.

Tldr: see images

The entity definitely tracks space platforms, have checked multiple ships and confirmed by deconstructing additional ones to increment the value

Tldr see picture. The top AND should probably stay where it was anchored above the two below it.

Steps to reproduce:
Set up a series of conditions, reorder by dragging the top one down. The one below it will pop to the top and bring its AND block with it