No Save in FCP X?

I've opened FCP X now about 1/2 a dozen times, hoping that what I witnessed the last time was just initial shock and awe at it's uselessness.
I took my time to move clips, cut, add color correction, titles and basically manage clips as I would in FCP.
Then I tried to do a quick save with the infinity button + S. No go. Ok, fair enough, went up to the menu under File and went to select "Save As"
or "Save project" or "Save Copy As"..... nada. NO OPTION TO SAVE?!?!?!?!?!?!?! REALLY? I know Apple is sound as a pound, but FCP has crashed in
the past. It doesn't happen often, but it has. Saving projects is probably one of the most important things you can do every 10-30 seconds while editing on the fly. It's two buttons at the same time and it's done, your project is safe.
Then I realized I had NO IDEA where my project was.
I'm simply exhausted with how much this new app is beyond bad. I do not see an update fixing this.
My biggest concern is how long Lion will support FCP 7 - seriously.

I have the same concern about the OS outgrowing FCP7.
Am I crazy but is FCS 3 no longer available through Apple? That's really ominous. I can't ever recall the launch of a new product met with such universal distane.
I never would have imagined a day that began with the release of FCPX would end with doing serious research into Adobe Premiere.

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