I would agree Kermut...the controls do seem a bit off to me. I think that the devs should play Homeworld 2 for a couple of minutes and see what they can do to make some sort of parallel system...that is, if they haven't already done so.
Darrenl, I think the guys from Ironclad are some of the guys who MADE Homeworld
That, my good sir, is very good news indeed.
I'm very impressed with the game so far...it's very scary that this is only a test beta