Aye, that's why I'm staying up, waiting for the servers to return. I had a mission to collect cargo, and was ready to deliver the goods when server downtime happened.
Also, To Mr. Phillips, this has most certainly been nearly four times the normal downtime lengthAre we having longer maintenance periods on weekends?
Me too, launching the game every minutes to see if the "Servers Down" message has gone yet. The "going down" message pinged up when I was on a long trip to a secondary star, and I couldn't get docked in time.