Chasing equity sounds like a good way to sabotage our space program.
Not long after the Challenger explosion, there were a number of black humor jokes circulating about the event. One of them was that, just as they lifted off, Mission Commander Francis Scobee said to Christa McAuliff, "Isn't this great? And just think, every part of this spacecraft was made by the lowest bidder."
Pretty soon we'll be dusting that off, and the new version will be, "Just think, every part of this spacecraft was designed by the lowest common denominator."
I can remember when being the best and the brightest was considered an asset. Today it's an albatross.