Visiting planets is just a very small part of the overall game. That was more the first NMS.

Wildlife for example you can train as pets, mounts or milk/harvest.

Once you get access to the Space anomaly the game opens up more and if you are social you will find outposts, pet arenas, race tracks and dog fighting/pvp zones. Ship building and freighters.

The latest update appears to allow groups to control areas of space.

All games eventually get boring but there is plenty in now.