I can't look at this new image and help but think about how great it would be if our view of the galaxy in the new Star Control was something like this newly released 360-degree circular view of the Milky Way.
I don't know if I'm getting carried away, but imagine being able to rotate around, choose a distant star and then punch it into Hyperspace as the galaxy flies past you at impossible speeds as you travel to it in the span of just a few minutes (or hours/days in game time).
You'd have a very hard time running out of places to go.