@SciGuySpace The problem with these kinds of ideas is that they beg the question of NASA's purpose, or what the nation's goals in space are:https://t.co/SpGqsEqume
Until we decide what we are trying to accomplish, it's hard to come up with the right way to do it.
What struck us as particularly off in the captain’s letter was his statement: “We are not at war.” He added that “sailors do not need to die” and that “if we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset — our sailors.” The Navy, though, doesn’t need to be instructed on the value of its own sailors. Plus, too, under our system it’s not carrier captains who decide whether we’re at war.
The most important asset is not the crew, but the ship, and the crew must be ready to be sacrificed for the mission. I wrote a book about that.