It's not so much that, as, this is my Kerbal Space Program. It's not the [specific Nation] Space Agency, which happens to be on Kerbin, along with several other Space Agencies. If I strand Kerbals, that's fine. I'll go rescue them. Don't spawn objects into my game and think a flimsy explanation is good enough. As every writer should know: Explaining a bad idea doesn't make it a good idea.