The Deputy Secretary of Defense was Evil!

I know it's only a movie, but let's take a look at the situation from a rational standpoint. So the so-called mission of Apollo 18 was for the men to plant sensors on the moon to track the rock monsters, I guess? NASA could have easily accomplished that with an unmanned probe. Even in 1974 they would've had the means to do that. They wouldn't risk the lives of three perfectly good astronauts. NASA cares about their astronauts. Remember Apollo 13? They did everything in their power and more to get those men home. They didn't just leave them for dead.
Now on to the DSOD, when Anderson finally gets ahold of him, he basically tells the man, "yeah, we know everything, and you're pretty much screwed. But we'll tell your family you died a hero." And "the decision's final. Sorry, Ben." What a douchebag. If contamination was the risk, they could arrange to have him quarantined the second he returned to Earth, or, since they were so aware of the situation, judging by Walker's condition, he could informed Anderson he wouldn't survive the trip home and he'd run the risk of infecting Grey. Oh, and speaking of Grey, when he attempts to rescue his colleague, the Deputy threatens to cut off communication if he doesn't abort. It's like human life meant NOTHING to that guy. He was the real villain of the film, not those freakin' rock monsters, which was a ridiculous concept, but that's another rant.

That guy must have been appointed by Nixon. I love how found-footage movies like this and Quarantine make government officials out to be total monsters. In both movies, people are entrapped in a dark environment with a monster on the loose and are being held against their will by evil government officials. So both movies ask the question, "who's the truly evil one here? The humans with too much power, or the inhuman creature that's killing people?"

Anyway, bottom line, the Deputy Secretary was a dick, and I hope somebody gave him a moon rock as a souvenir.