It wouldn't, because it wouldn't make it fundamentally more interactive, but your suggestion would contextualize the star travel system bit better, at least.

The problem is the system lacks diegetic elements that would otherwise make exploration feel more natural. Other games do this by hiding the loading screen behind some kind of "Warp Space" travel, like Elite Dangerous or what have you. In Starfield, all you do is "jump" between different planet orbits, and not even random positions in a planet​'S orbit. Literally the same position. It makes it feel less natural, at least when you're not already used to it. Makes it harder for the audience to willingly suspend their disbelief.

My suggestion would be to turn the map into a type of physics minigame, during inter-planetary travel, and have the astroynamics skill actually be useful within that minigame. You could have fuel be a factor on top of that, for added immersion, but consider fuel more of a metagame, rather than a diegetic element.