Space shuttle cargo was something like $20,000&#x2F;pound. If each astronaut needs a pound of paperwork for contingencies (which seems like a vast overestimate) then that&#x27;s $20,000 each, which is tiny. And the marginal cost per pound was small. Given that you&#x27;re doing a launch anyway, you&#x27;re probably not exactly at the mass limit, so a few extra pounds of paperwork costs almost nothing.