Bad drop animation skips?

SO I keep running into this issue where the game goes from the hellpods flying through low orbit towards the planet to the landing. No opportunity to steer the hellpod or choose a more precise landing location. Normally this isn't a big deal but on some misssions, namely the "Eradicate \_\_\_\_ forces" missions it screws you pretty bad when you can't choose to do things like hit a large target or land behind a fortified position. Anyone else have this problem and if so, how do I get it to let me steer my landing again? Recently bought the "Power Steering" ship module and feel it was a waste of resources since I rarely get to steer anyway. :(