After taking a couple months off... I finally tried to mine.  I like the mechanics, both on the planet and asteroid (process is logical and simple enough).  Sure, its a little clunky but it seems to function good enough.  SC is coming along... still a little boring - all around with the content.  Some Items of interest during my mining experience - I noticed was that the prospector fills pretty fast.... less than one rock it fills up.   I would think with the saddle bags, it could hold a little more, since we're only taking 2-5% of the entire rock anyway (I'm a noob, so maybe you folks get more).