Without system failures and alien possessions, life on the Enterprise would be pretty damn mundane. I've always thought they should use more drones to do thing

Without system failures and alien possessions, life on the Enterprise would be pretty damn mundane. I've always thought they should use more drones to do things. I mean, why do they have to drag that huge monstrosity of a ship all over the nebula to chart it? And those shuttles. How dangerous are those? You just know when they hop on one of those things, a crash is imminent. And for god's sake, if Scotty can keep himself alive in a transporter buffer for 80 years, why can't they keep backups of the aweigh team! Sorry, just never got over the loss of Tasha Yar. :-(