Selling exploration data at a station controlled by Sirius works too. Many explorers got the Sirius permit (and other Indie system permits) long before it became fashionable with Engineers.
If this is true. You will have saved me a lot of bother!!!
I am on the homeward leg of a circumnavigation of the galaxy and should be back in the bubble in about 5 or 6 weeks.
Assuming I don't do something stupid, I will be back with around 80M in exploration data...
Is there any way to unlock Professor Palin? I heard that has something to do with the Sirius permit.