“Scientifically, some of the remote expeditions would have benefited by having more experts on board and this is a way to get more experts,”
A. E. VanVogt’s, Voyage of the Space Beagle, comes to mind. It was about a space exploration vehical, the Beagle (Darwin’s ship), that was crewed by experts in every known scientific field. It was one of the best books ever written.
Why do I picture a mass brawl? :-)
Read it as a teenager...