Hey addictiveToothpaste, thanks for playing the demo and giving me solid feedback. So your ship cannot steer in empty space, I guess I made this confusing by adding 'helper zones' on some of the gravity fields (aka - if you see a glowing area at the entrance to a planets gravity field, this is a 'helper zone' which will suck your ship into the next area). Your ship cannot steer in open space - this is one of the core game mechanics, without this there would be little challenge. The challenge of doing skips is that you have to aim really well in order to jump directly from one gravity zone to the next - I think I will add more of an explanation for this in the earlier missions.
Thanks for trying the demo, I will put your feedback into consideration for the next release.