Yes, I was able to pick up again but not drop again. Maybe right click got stuck on toggled or something.
The only unusual thing was that I hit the drifting chunk at kind of a weird angle with my ship, so it and the piece I was scavenging from were sort of clipping through each other and colliding and the character and the cargo in their hands was getting sandwiched.
I'm not sure what the interaction there would be, things looked like they went back to normal after they were separated again.
Again, really refreshing to play your entry!