Agreed. This is definitely not as big a problem as some people make it out to be. I mean, imagine this being posted to Ask HN tomorrow:<p>&quot;Hello, this is the director of NASA. We need two programmers for an upcoming Mars mission. No remote options, sorry, you must actually go to Mars. For reasons, you must be castrated before the mission, among many other preparations. There is a 1&#x2F;100 chance of death,and a 4&#x2F;100 chance of return to Earth without landing on Mars. The remaining 95&#x2F;100 scenarios involve being among the first humans to establish a beachhead for the species on another planet. Please email your résumé to careers@nasa.gov. 20 years of jQuery preferred.&quot;<p>Do you think they would have any trouble filling that spot?