I'm planning to set an expedition to the Loop and ive heard that it was permit locked for unknown reasons.
I know it's not supposed to work like this...
but +1 rep for that avatar, omg, needed a laugh like that.
It is, or huge vast areas around it are. I went out towards Rosette Nebula and had to take a massive detour around it. Much of the area past Bernards loop is locked too.