The ship at that point is controlled by the slew keys, and it is on autopilot. You do however have control of the vertical axis but still only by the slew commands, remember your out where there is no air for the surfaces to act upon. So RCS is the only way to control the ship, and the way this sim emulates the RCS is using the slew mode. BTW in case you wonder, RCS is "Reaction Control System"
Read your manuals, this is all covered. ;)

Oh, and I cant help this one..............."Flyin through space aint like dustin crops kid"   :D