Try looking at the Wiki site for a bit of advice on some of the screens. It's a little daunting at first but Aurora does make sense eventually and then it hooks you into spending as much time as possible into it.
Here's a few things I've messed up over the months I've been using it. Hopefully you'll not repeat them.
1. Installed lasers with no power plants to power them.
2. Installed missiles without a fire control.
3. Classed a Geo Scout as a Grav Scout and then wondered why it constantly failed Grav Scout orders.
4. Made my freighters too small to pick up anything other than Infrastructure and minerals. (A freighter needs 5 cargo holds to be useful)
5. Used a Mass Driver to throw minerals to a world that didn't have a Mass Driver to catch them . . . . . that one was messy.
and others, but each mistake taught me more for next time. I don't know everything about the game yet, I doubt I never will with Steve constantly adding extra cool stuff, but it's well worth the effort of sticking through the early 'wth is going on?' moments.