It's a big universe out there, and there are other ways to leave the solar system. Several new destinations with new machines, technologies, and unique processes
The pressure is too low for ports to be placed, which leaves very little to do with the shipyard late game, and the 50x energy usage cripples personal ports until players get antimatter bots
How can I automate the science delivery to the rocket silo without bots? If the science is placed in the silo by inserter then the rocket will not launch automatically.
Rockets filled with a single item (all the same quality) will launch automatically to a platform requesting that item. Or rather, it should unless there's a bug preventing it.