Servers should be down in a few moments to update to Elite: Dangerous 1.03 - there are a few headline features on there (see the top three bullet points).
Added option to hide the orbit lines in shown in Supercruise to the right hand UI panel, under functions
Added control bindings icons for some of the most popular control devices
Reduce likelihood of NPC ships claiming bounties after a player has weakened an opponent
Avoid disconnection if the client is unable to connect to the TURN server but is setup to successfully connect to peers through normal means
Fix for refresh of mission data provoking rare disconnections from a heavily loaded server
Fix for ranking missions sometimes being available from factions that won't award a rank promotion
Fix for „unknown error“ shown when selecting an already refined material from the refinery hopper
Fix for a rare crash when loading inconsistent saved game data
Correction for missing name for Python radiator module
Corrections for some mission descriptions
Corrections for some galaxy data in a small number of systems
Enhanced diagnostics for PVP bounties sometime not being awarded
Enhanced diagnostics for rare errors preventing game data from loading