After going through feedback, some were having trouble with 5089's initial difficulty. First step is to make sure players have easy access to guides so they know to get around. There is an in-game guide, but these new visual guides I just added may be just what you need:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=613706055
Second step will be an upcoming update, which will have some more tweaks. For instance, you currently lose 2 parts on death if you haven't activated a backup station -- something that unnecessarily punishes newbies. This will be fixed.
Rag71 was kind enough to write up his own guide, which is overall very good (with some corrections of mine at the bottom):
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=623514330
Thank you again for your support!