Here's a quick hint to get people started on the hard badge:
On day two get acceleration 1, then if done correctly you can get the distance award on day 3 which will let you get the hand glider also
Fission Mailed: Put gun away when you meet Milos, get green vile THEN shoot him, make the bomb and give it to The Worm, go back into the station where the coffee machine is and you will die.
Heres a strat for people having trouble:
funnel everyone into a narrow channel (2 spaces wide) put 2 tar pits in it and a log-trap at top w/ triggers right under it, no1 gets through
Pretty good but it does get boring after a while, some improvements i would make is allowing your current ships to dock at the mother ship to receive new upgrades, and make your ships more responsive to enemy attacks, other than that its amusing