I was hoping to explore other worlds and actually find stuff out about them while running experiments.
Learn about their geological history, potential for life either now or in the past, find water and organic compounds in the soil, slowly open up the possibility of life out there and the awesome ways stars and their systems of planets and moons form and change over time.
Right now the story seems to imply "The real world of space and space exploration is boring, actually. Here's some alien artefacts to fly between to make it not boring." I don't think that's the intent exactly, but that's definitely how it comes across.
I'm not a fan of the current direction.
What happened to the idea of doing actual science and finding stuff out with science in the science update???
