Thanks for the welcome!! I am really excited about the future of this game. I understand that the test planets will basically be like weekly contract drops in the future which will be incredible.
Discovering artifacts/alien tech, resource deposits, specific alien life you can breed or utilize in some way, hostile aliens, survival gameplay and dangerous weather are some elements that would be interesting in away teams. And I like what someone else said about build sites.
Breeding and/or keeping alien animals could be very cool. Have a !PIZZA