I might be missunderstanding this, and please correct me if I am, but was not the entire premise of the kickstarter to have what is supposed to be S42 released in november 2014? Im in for $25 so I am not trying to run around yelling "The sky is falling!" but I belive the reason that we do not have S42 yet is all these new features that they presented as funding goals. The game they stated they were going to make is growing out of control from where Im watching and that is simply bad management.
As I said, Im not that well informed since I just wanted a space game (and currently enjoy E-D so its not like Im in a rush) and what I get is "oh just wait another few YEARS and we will be finished, pinky promise!".