I'm new to the testing server, so I'm not certain in how far this is an issue.
When I joined the server I had access to the shop with the Schine weapon test ship attached to it. It's a a shop that doesn't take my money when I buy something.
When moving out a bit I seemed to enter the real universe and my radar filled up with ships and asteroids. The only shop on my radar was a regular, non-cheater shop with no Schine ship attached.
Edit: Died without having a spawn point set, and restarted at the same shop. While I appreciate the ability to start over in an easy way, it does seem the shop allows abuse. I'm able to sell the stuff in my inventory and receive credits, then I can buy everything back for no credits. Ad infinitum. But again, I have no idea if this is by design.