The SciFi Channel usually does a pretty poor job at making original movies, but their adaptation of "The Cold Equations" was pretty good, covering most of the problems with the original story. The pilot and the girl frantically look around for excess mass to jettison, and find some, but it's not enough. The issue of what measures were taken to stop people from stowing away simply weren't discussed; she's there, and they have to deal with it. And at the last minute, the pilot does offer to sacrifice himself to save the girl, but she refuses to let him.