Even a DAS is only as good as the latest int and software to program it. From what i hear, even a DAS or Foam wouldn't have saved the poor souls in the Herc.
At the end of the day we take good money to risk our lives - not nice to think this way but we can't complain when we are asked to take a risk! The politicians balance cost against risk to decide what is acceptable and at the end of the day, a few of our pink bodies may be an acceptable risk - live with it.
Ask the crews from the cold war all about it!! (Or WW2 for that matter)
Grow up or leave and get a paper round