Yeah man first person works well. The cockpit elements that stick up in the way are a little annoying but otherwise first person is good!
The flash when scanning is a little better but still sorta bright. Maybe make a setting option to disable it entirely. ;)
I made a lot more progress making discoveries on different planets.
Another observation/suggestion, the way messages display in the middle of the screen with a shaded background block the view of what you're trying to do IMO. Also the messages and shaded backgrounds stay around too long IMO.