> have it about students meeting 'genetic criteria' for Ivy League admissions the film's premise was that space exploration is still relatively new frontier, a

> have it about students meeting 'genetic criteria' for Ivy League admissions the film's premise was that space exploration is still relatively new frontier, and selection into the program is both a prestige affair, as well as expensive (with potential failures costly). Pre-screening candidates with high statistical rates of success makes sense for such a program imho. Not everyone in society has to have the opportunity to be at the frontiers of human affairs. Now, having genetic criteria for admission into education, on the other hand, is pure discrimination. There's no need, unless the resources put into education is high, such that the failure of the student puts heavy cost burdens into the system.