I like the travel system, and it's faster then wow's travel system (by that i mean flight points/masters).
While it's a tad more tedious then just going afk for 10 mins like in wow, it's faster if you don't want to go afk.
Having an orbital station AND a hangar "floor/station" is a bit overkill though, since they're both completely empty except for random npc's and a medical droid.
Also Quick Travel is waaay better then a heartstone, despite the longer cooldown.