Highlighted by KIckstarter’s staff? In the first 24 hours? Quite amazing 
The clarification are welcome, as it seems some (a lot of?) people confuse the prototype with an almost finished game. This is both a good news, because quality is there, and bad news, because they expect things that are not yet there.
I think answering interviews and spotlight demands from youtubers are n°1 priority. Have you considered getting a community manager to answer the “casual” emails and comments?
Also, if you need any “real” players to stress test your servers… I’d be happy to help 
Look’s like space simulator games become very popular in past years. Easy money, huh?
Yup. The modern sim craze began with eve online really, before hibernating for a bit and absolutely exploding. Also, kickstarter has become quite popular, and it`s a bigger name than indiegogo.
very good “State of the game” section. nothing worse than those “why no this? why no that?” questions being brought up time and time again! 