Two issues, here:
First, the icons aren't parsing correctly, for some reason.
Second, Exploration missions require a lot of points to accumulate. This paltry payout is, objectively and factually, a waste of the effort: I get fewer points back from this event than I put into launching the mission, even if I were to accept the penalty of 5 Crisis Points. It is only slightly better than if an Exploration event said "You found nothing at all and came back empty-handed." It MIGHT be justifiable if it were giving me 12 points of storable Production because of how Production works.




I am able to research the first extra building slot again. In the order of research I got, Space Mines, Tactical Systems, First Extra Building Slot, Launch Facility, Sensor Improvements then General Improvements. As proof I already researched the first extra building slot, I have 5 buildings on the capital.









