Ironically, the new Lost in Space is a step backward from at least one P.C. perspective: no openly gay characters.
RE:"Can anyone actually get lost in space"..
Sure, why not...A person can get "lost" anywhere...
IF you don't know exactly where you are relative to where you want to be...you're "lost".
Your post is more concerned about being PC than "getting lost in space".
There is already a guy with an orange face using the name DenNison as an alias....

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