I feel the need to say well, well, f***ing done, guys. You're quite clearly dedicated to making this game everything you want it to be, and it shows. In fact, my brother and I oggled this game in disbelief when we first played it, because it's exactly what we wanted in a space flight game. Realistic distances and travel, docking is fantastic, combat is very Freespace 2-ish...it has a long way to go but you're definitely on the right track. Fantastic work.
On a technical note, I was getting crashes all the time before 1.02. After 1.02 came out, I didn't crash once (although I needed to close the client because it hung up once). I expect 1.03 will be even more better and stable.