After finally completing the mission by accident (a storm dropped in in the right roid field) it would be nice if the mission interface had an option 5 - "Suggestions" that would suggest that you check out the areas around other "Mining" stations in the sector.

When I asked about the mission on chat no one knew anything helpful.

Also this would be a good mission to use to teach players how to equip weapons/scanners as part of the mission. Put the scanner in the equipment bin and make the player equip it so they learn how.