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[Amoebka]

From what I understand, the quest is intended to be an introduction to Radiant, allowing players to try fighting it with minimal escorts. However, it spawns so late in the game, most players would be fighting full-scale ordos long before they even get offered the quest. I know it's possible to find the planet without being given the directions, but it's programmed to always spawn in the outer fringes of the sector, so it's rare to just stumble into it on accident.

[Serenitis]

I almost always just end up clearing the planet by finding it because the only way to start this quest is to trawl bars to find the spacer.
Which is something I just don't do with any kind of regularity. (No bars in the outer reaches.)

Maybe have some kind of recoverable intel be found in a derelict or salvage pile that points the player toward wherever the spacer gets put.

Definitely wouldn't hurt to make the player aware earlier though.

[Megas]

With the way I play, I finish Red Planet early and claim Radiant as my first capital.

When I start a game, before I play a seed for real, I explore the entire sector and examine all the systems for a good colony system.  Several reloads later after I explored enough, if I do not find a good enough system to colonize or (rarely) the seed has no red systems for Ordos farming, I abandon the seed and try another until I find one with a good enough system to colonize.  It takes about an hour or so to determine if the seed has a system I want to colonize, but it beats playing normally for at least a day only to discover the seed has crappy planets and I want to restart because I do not want to continue playing a game I have no fun with.  Along the way, I find the Red Planet on my own, and make a note of its location.  I return as soon as I get the Automated Ships skill.  For me, the main loot of Red Planet is recovering the Radiant (without fighting an Ordos in a red system).

Until endgame, I visit bars frequently to look for deals (among the glut of schmuck bait missions), like the base commander offer pristine ships for sale below market price, among others.  I see the spacer but do not bother with him because I already know where the planet is thanks to pre-game exploration.