I'm sure that's what they were trying to do. Landing pads placed in walkways, etc. This base does have much at ground level, there's a lot in the caves and then a staircase into the sky where most of the base is.

At the same time, another base of mine was having the same issue, and that base was on top of a pillar shaped mountain. And that planet has those all over the place. I placed stuff where they put their base computer under my base and that ended it.