Not even through the tutorial

[Sablestar]

I know this is in Alpha, but some seem to get a playing experience. I wasn't even able to get through the tutorial. My scout was shooting at the prob at Pluto, I accidently got out to the galaxy map and was never able to get back. I would get to the scout/probe screen, and clicking my scout just popped me back out to the galaxy map. I am getting really frustrated with the VERY early presales of many of these games.

[Raf]

It's only during tactical after you have pressed Turn on the galaxy map that ships can move and time advances.

Select 'Sol' on the galaxy map and click 'Engage Sector'. Then pressing turn will get you back in tactical so you can continue with the mission.

On the galaxy map, double-clicking just gives you a preview of the sector so you can plan accordingly but like you noticed you can't do anything but view. We will try to make this more clear in the next updates.

[Dstar]

...then don't buy games that are still in Alpha? It's not like they aren't marked.

[whead3s]

Don't you understand the sense of those early accesses? You're able to critisize circumstances you mentioned as unsustainable and in conclusion to write it down and help the developers to create a game which is closer to your imagination. Whether or not this is an Alpha. Most controls are very rudimentary yet. So write a helpful feedback and look for future changes.