First off, I somehow remember you from a long time ago. Welcome back.
Second, the first paragraph made me laugh out loud.
Third, I'm also looking forward to more info, but the update seems like it will be fun to me. Will I be good at, well, that I don't know. I'm usually a pretty bad pilot in video games.
I do not think it was ever Bioware's intention to create a fully-fledged Space area (like this Elite Dangerous you spoke of, never heard of it before). But it should still be an interesting expansion, IMO.