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> his genetic profile indicates a high probability of several disorders and an estimated lifespan of 30.2 years.

That seems to be a very valid reason to not send someone on a space mission.




And many people get well from placebo medication. We don’t fully understand human willpower and its ability to overcome the cards we were dealt at birth. The whole movie is literally about how genetics is not destiny.


Just because the movie claims it does not mean it is true.

Genetics may partly, or even significantly, be destiny.


Willpower won’t fix a congenital heart defect.




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