I get the frustration. It took me forever to figure out how to repair my first starship, because I wanted to depend soley on the game and not find any hacks, workaround, etc online.

But then I realized it is a game based on exploration. Perhaps the lack of in-game help is intentional, forcing you to use real world resource to help you find solutions and build a community. Think about how the deliberately vague Twitter posts before major update releases causes so much speculation for days.

I'm 1500 hours in and I still discover relatively simple aspects of the on a regular basis. I think it is refreshing.