I wish there was a better way to do this.

Anyway Nervensaegen's negative review also, adequately describes some of the game's weak points, albeit a bit harshly in my opinion.

Fair enough. However, there are a few issues that I felt were misrepresented, though not intentionally.

1. The inventory is too small
This is probably true in the early game. You have a backpack as well as storage on your ship. Each has 20 slots for items. However, as you progress, you can purchase or find upgrades that will add additional "pages" to your backpack and/or ship storage. Each "page" includes and additional 20 slots, and you can have up to three pages in each (backpack and storage).

2. There is no soul in anything the game does
God. Ouch

3. Regarding space battles: Your controls always overshoot, you never get the crosshair anywhere near the target
I just want to make sure players know there is a "combat mode" and a "navigation mode" in this game. Pressing the space bar will toggle between the two while at the helm of your ship. I'm not sure if this was the problem here, but in case it was, combat mode should help with aiming.