[Kazeto]

Of course, in the end, unless you completely disregard crafting (which is ... a weird choice, but I'm not the one to tell you how to play the game) most components are in the end just five ship parts so losing them isn't as much of a deal as it appears to be. Outside of those rare cases where the component you'd found is something that can be sold for a bajilion, but you can craft stuff like that too so it's still not the end of the world.

Devices, now those you do want, yes. Because experimenting just to get those devices that you might not yet have can be a waste of parts and a general annoyance because of this, and getting it via dismantling a device is much better.