Full disclosure, I am not an astronaut, nor do I have full context behind the quote. I think that curiosity and exploration would help. Also, warp drive made all those planets a whole lot less lonely

I would think the romulans would have some questions.

Hey Starfleet, you developed that cloak awfully fast even though you weren’t supposed to be researching it until five days ago.

Star Trek adjacent, but the Orville had an episode like that I think.

To accommodate a larger audience for the inevitable melee-combat-based mutiny.