Soon we will have the beta 2.
I am actually counting the days as this patch will ad so much more to the game.
However I always prepare my game so I wont suffer the nasty bug they had in Alpha.
The bug where all your bindings was lost.
So this is just a tip. Make a copy of your custom bindings.
YourName/AppData/Local/FrontierDevelopments/Elitedangerous/Options/Bindings
Note there is 2 FrontierDevelopment folders.
And to se Appdata you must enable to se hidden files/folders on your computer.