After the drama with Escapist magazine where they claimed the game is impossible, I now have no doubt that the game is on track and will have enough money to complete.
The Escapist has been super quite after the event seeing how much of the framework stuff (in ship gravity, stations, ship systems, traveling and FPS) has been built. Now CIG only needs to fill in the stations and build the missions.
At the CitizenCon they showed a part of Squadron 42, and a Star Map that is accessible online.
Full live stream
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/starmap
The sabre is out now also
One can also create upgrades for your ships to frames you wanted. Sure some limited ones are not there but I can upgrade several ships to what I want.
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/pledge/ship-upgrades
Now the mission is to select which ships to keep and which to upgrade. And spending more bucks on the game means the game has more to work with.