Ok, for a bit of back story since a few people dont know anything about the game.
It all starts with a game called Wing Commander. This game was the beginning of space combat for the most part.
Wing Commander, Privateer, and Freelancer were made by Chris Roberts.
Recently he returned to the game industry to create a new Space Sim. He went crowd funding so that he could build the game the way he wanted.
As of this post they have almost 45mil in funding. They have a few offices with development staff working on various parts of the game.
This is a rather large game with alot of ambition behind it, so dont expect it to be released any time soon.
As of now the best way to back the project is to buy a ship that includes alpha access (roughly 50 dollars or so)
Oh, and here is the link to the site
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/More about the game
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/about-the-game