You can also use the mouse wheel to scroll, and press C to change rotation mode. I forgot to put those bits of information in the instructions.

Get lots of fuel, nom nom nom.

Quotes from friends who have played this game:

"This game is awful, it's too hard."

"I can't get into orbit"

"it's fuckin difficult"

Also it's boring as fuck, but so is space, so think of it as just being hyper-realistic.