I came up with a compatibility/bridge mod to solve it. You can find it here, if you are playing a similar mod setup:
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/space-exp ... bridge-mod

We started a game with Angels + Bobs + Space Exploration. We got to space some hours ago just to notice that all recipes for "residual gas" can only be done in Steam Crackers. There is no Space Exploration Building to do the production and thus preventing us from production of Lubricant in space ...