Is the onboard computer/scanning tool so woefully inadequate that after you move outside of the range of one it suddenly becomes unscanned? As if the mineral content will somehow change?

I suggest that once scanned, such things stay scanned as long as you're in that sector or until you enter a station. This will help avoid repeat scans.

I agree, not permanent scanning, but perhaps as long as you are logged on continuously.

Same with asteroids in a sector, at least while you remain in the sector.

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Big stamp of goodness.

Agreed. I never understood why the mineral scanner never came with memory cache either!

cant see any reason against this. The data should be storable client side anyway so it shouldnt increase server traffic either.

My ship has less ram than a goldfish :(