Some people had a problem with this a long time ago - Pathfinder?
Any way, this was the solution:
If you fail a timed quest, it will restart. But only when you speak to the quest giver. So -
Take the makings of an exocraft geobay, and fly in your ship to a point near, but not too close, to the quest destination. Say, 300 or 400 paces. Build a geobay. Call your exocraft to it.
Now fly back to the quest giver, and request a restart of the quest.
Now fly in your ship to the geobay. Get in your exocraft, and drive the short distance to the quest destination. So long as you start from a different chunk, and arrive in an exocraft, the game can’t tell where you came from.
Or so the theory goes…