Woo hooo!
"Beta 3.0 introduces a host of new features including: Multiple ship ownership, and the introduction of two new ships, the Imperial Clipper and the Federal Dropship. Player driven interdiction where players can interdict NCP ships out of supercruise and new Philanthropy missions have been added. Fuel scooping and asteroid mining have been added and outposts landing pads now reflect a low gravity environment.
The play area has been expanded to over 2,400 systems with an improved galaxy map. Planet visuals have been overhauled, ice planets have fracture features and all planets have dynamic ice caps and liquid levels. Plus many other improvements and optimisations."