Yeah, the alternative. I know that there was nothing alive in there, but still, to put your life into searching for these engineers and then coming to that conclusion so fast. Don't get me wrong, I would be drinking and pissed off just like him, but I don't know, he seemed like he didn't care about Shaw's feelings and the fact that this expedition just began. There is a whole complex out there to explore, to even be there is a reward.
Yeah, he was pissed and did come to conclusions too fast. But I don't think they were his final conclusions, I think he was just pissed for the moment and then he was drinking as well. They did later go back and continue the expedition, which didn't end very well for him. Who knows what he would think and what his conclusions would be if he didn't die so soon.