>It’s a lazy way to generate tension IMO. He written just
>fine until the heel turn. It would have had far greater
>emotional impact, for instance, for them to discover that
>he’d lied in order to be rescued, resulting in a group
>debate on whether to rescue him or leave him stranded based on
>his selfish actions. We’d see a true test of humanity, of
>making a hard choice, of three scientists being faced with the
>task of being judge, jury, and executioner for a guy who put
>the entire human race at risk for his selfishness.