[Suicide Junkie]

You get it right away. So if you colonize the planet, once you push end turn you will have message in your log at the beginning of next turn saying you have new tech. Then you will see it either in your components list, or the research fields.

You get it even quicker than that.
In a sequential turn game, you will find that you get a message and can design with the new tech as soon as the colony lands... and before you hit end turn.

The message that you've discovered the tech remains in the log for your next turn as well.

[ October 04, 2002, 19:10: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]