OK, just finished a game. You're right, when you take the fight to the Martians you get a nice "reward". :-)
I'm glad they added automation to the asteroid mining and to the base defense.
I'll drop them a line to congratulate them on their efforts.
PS. That judge must have been a right idiot. You download a zip file, extract it to a folder and click on the executable. It’s a no brainier.