Radioalgae - New alien specific material

There is hardly much reason to go to a new planet once you go into space, the planets don't have much reason to go to them anymore. Starting with alien, I want to give each planet something unique.

Radioalgae

Radioalgae is a material that spawns on the alien planet at high elevations. This material woiuld appear red or purple and is a Radiotrophic algae(feeds on ionizing radiation). It can be mined and stored as usual. Because of the high elevations on which it spawns, mining it would be a more challenging endeavour.

New Blocks

This material could be used as a fuel in biothrusters. Biothrusters produce more thrust than Hydrogen, but require both radioalgae and oxygen as fuels. Because of how advanced it is, you would need thruster components to build it.

The other use of radioalgae is as a building material in biocapacitors. Biocapacitors work like batteries, but don't require power to recharge. Instead, biocapacitors recharge on their own, but slower than regular batteries. Due to the algae's radiotrophy, biocapacitors also require uranium to build them.

Contracts

Due to the valuable uses of Radioalgae, various NPC factions may want it. There are acquisition contracts on and off the alien planet for players playing with economy on. These contracts are highly valuable and bestow great rewards, especially if the contract giver is offworld. These rewards increase by distance from the alien planet, with further increase if the contractgiver is on a different planet.