I also find some of these missions really hard. Currently i have all my spaceship items leveled up to 5. Im level 44. I currently can't get past 2 level 42 space missions. Nothing works. Even when my shield regenerates after i stop firing i get blown away. Especially one mission. I just start and about a minute in im down. Haven't a clue what im doing wrong. Nothing was hard up to these two missions. Like i said im level 44 and those two missions are level 42. Can't understand why they are very difficult. I should not have this much trouble with level 42 space missions when im level 44 with top upgraded ship parts for my rank. Currently im at a roadblock with it.