Nope....... totally not...... please god never. There are some F2P games i like very much so, (WarFrame, & WarThunder being the 2 main ones) but i would rather FD charge for expansions myself and include the things usually put behind paywalls in F2P games earnable in game.These are my thoughts. I strongly believe that elite dangerous should follow in the footsteps of Eve online by going free to play. I seriously think it would be the most sensible marketing decision based on current player numbers, the paintpack store rework and the new DLC package due for release in 2020.
(personally i would rather FD sold credits for cash in their store and had all cosmetics earnable by ingame game play and in game credits but that is another issue i guess)
if it did it would be interesting to see how FD deal with those who bought a totally unrealised LTP however.