I just want to know what happens if you die on foot? Will it be like in a rover and you respawn in your ship...
The only information that FDev have given us, is that they, themselves have not decided how this will be handled yet!
On the surface of it, that sounds absolutely terrible, given that the game is not far from release to those who have purchased access to the Alpha, and given that the 'gold' release, if still running to their
revised, revised time scale will be within three months.
In practise that probably means that they have coded a couple of candidates for death mechanic, and either none of them feel 'right' or maybe they feel a bit too'contrived' (as are the ship destruction mechanics). FDev are possibly considering tweaks to what they have done, or simply which mechanic to run with.
FDev have said that they may even trial alternate death mechanics in the Alpha and take feedback from those who have purchased Alpha access.