I think the "Set Requests" from circuit option in the landing pad should just create a random named group, it could be renamed. You would then just add the group to a space platform like any other group and select which planets to get the items from (it would be nice if it remembered item sources ...

First, I am so looking forward to Factorio 2.0 and the Expansion. Hundreds of hours of fun awaits.

This might not be the proper place to discuss the 2 colors of wires, as there might be a great reason why there is 2, but it was a major source of confusion for me when learning circuits (I'm still ...