1. Group mining. I think there should be some functions to make this a lot easier, for example a monitor when you're in a group to show how much money has been made from mining and maybe distribute it in a way dictated by the leader. Either that, or group mining missions that give different types of XP for each type of participant (e.g. combat for escorts, trading for haulers and, er, mining for miners). I think that group mining could be a great aspect of this game, if nurtured properly.

2. Asteroid temperatures - asteroids aren't all going to be 10 Kelvin, right? The temperatures should vary depending on distance from the sun(s), and maybe to make up for this the speeds could be adjusted and better ores could be found near suns. Just a thought, really, from a realism and variety point of view.

3. Choosing specific cargo to eject. Often, when mining, I want to get rid of junk ore and it's pretty fiddly to drop everything, target what you want and pick it up while avoiding the other stuff you dropped.

Thoughts?

The reason they're all going to be around a certain temp has to do with the fact that no matter how far they are away from the sun, they lose energy very efficiently, unless they're very big, but then you might have stratification, in which case ore is gonna be tough to find (all in the center)