Longer Sensor range for greater programming possiblity

I've been having a great time learning c#, but I am finding that my ability to program AI into my ship is limited by the fact that my ship can only see 50 meters in any given direction. My ship cannot fly fast because will crash due to it's inability to sense things at a distance.

I think by increasing the sensor range to 5k meters or so would allow us programmers to create ships which can essentially fly themselves. They could then ascend and decend through the atmosphere, land, and be...

Longer Sensor range for greater programming possiblity