Hi CarniBlood,
Thanks for your reply :) Yes - I agree. The text is shown to give the game the time to move the player away from the platform before the game really starts. When first I did not have that delay you could get back to your ship in seconds. I could have let the count down timer start only once the text stops. But still that is not a very nice solution - as reading this text again will get boring quickly.
I also think you need a bit more oxigen in your tank to be able to steer the player. But that would be just a case of tweeking the game play.