It would be inefficient and tedious to place construction roboports everywhere. It would be more efficient from a gameplay perspective to allow remote construction. Alternatively, they could make the initial drop pod when you land on a new planet a reusable rocket that allows you to return to your ...

I'm also having this issue with all natural obstacles which would normally be marked for deconstruction when placing a ghost over them. No ghost is placed, no deconstruction order is made, it does nothing at all when I click.