Really interesting and cool game, but it would benefit tremendously from a manual or even just a few tips. In my first attempt I ran into serious problems that by the time I understood them I couldn't really reverse them due to the scarce nature of resources.

The one big tip I would give is to harvest and store as many resources as you can early on, particularly steel, as you need that not only to build things, but you need a constant stream to keep your ship repaired, you can end up real screwed if you build too much too fast.