Played it some more today after seeing some of the old beta screen shots. And so much lost because they hurried production and I got to thinking what a kick ass game OP could be if they gave the game enviroment real physics partical motion etc...
It would be killer...Seed Factory making its landing could have a thruster malfunction and crash adding an "oh s***" challenge at the begining of the game. Having a seemless solar system like in spore...think of what could be done if the enviroment is procedurally generated?
God I wish some real effort was put into sim games like that again.