The signal daily requirement isn't a hard requirement, it just offers a bonus in points if you complete it. If you want that bonus, you can just save up your drives and deliver them the next day, or you can start scanning the day you get there and have plenty for the requirement.
Also, pretty sure there's a page in one of the transformers that talks about how to craft new fuses, which is much cheaper per-fuse than buying them outright, especially since you can just recycle one of the fuses and the trash in the base. There's even a notebook on the workbench in the garage that talks about common crafting recipes to make new players aware that such a system exists.