After doing some playtesting with the most recent update I've found that people really hate losing save data when they die. So now when you do, most of your atomic resources and schematics are quantum-ported to a new Planetship in an alternate reality where you can continue after ship-death. So you ARE technically dead but hey you get to shift player-conciousness into a shiny new ship with 85-95% of your gear so it's mostly a wash.
Oh also there's this new hit effect on enemies that kinda looks like the hit effect on the Battle Android Trooper in the old G.I. Joe arcade game, looks kinda neat. Also these enumerated features:
-Star map shows extended log & has new system info panel
-Inverted controls option toggle
-Crafting requirements are now also shown in the periodic table view and are highlighted green/red depending on if you meet the schematic cost requirement
-Aim assist on planets fixed
-Mines now cause chain reaction explosion with each other
-Enemies made out of metal now drop useful metals like Nickel and Iron (handy for building a shuttle fleet!)
OK! Systems are getting tightened up, next is lots of space junk :) Please let me know if you run into any problems with the update, thanks!