Thanks for the kind words! Sorry to hear the green was a bit too much. I still wanted to revisit it but alas, not so much time in a week after all. Same reason I didn’t have a better introduction to the “items” (satellite and red planet). I hoped the text + quick possibility for trial and error in a short journey would help circumvent some of that.
just in case you are still wondering (or anyone reading this): a satellite gives one use it the radar power which you can use from the bottom left, which then lets you reveal any 3x3 section of the map. The planets gain you an extra life (indicated by a ship on the bottom right, though if you have more than 3 lives it still just shows 3 ships).