My attempt at extinguishing the flames that fuel this war:
We all know that this game is very much alive and kicking, it just hasn't completely grown up yet. Schema is still going to implement moving parts, change the thruster mechanics, improve the universe generation, make factions different, add NPCs, add NPC quests. add creatures, add FTL, and a lot, lot more. So the answer to the question of this thread that was posted a while back is no, the game is not dead. It is very much alive.
This game is constantly beign updated, bugs are constantly being squashed, feautures improved, others balanced. The recent crafting system is proof that this game is not dead, and that it in fact is only just starting to get good. A few months from now a lot of new features will be in the game, and in the months or even years after that this game will continue to update, improve, balance and, most importantly,
amaze the players and prove that java games can, and should be, amazing.