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We just launched three astronauts last week. They have quarantine process they've been using for years even before COVID-19 came up.

First I am not aware that these three astronauts are the only people required to launch that rocket. And it feels very much like "do as I say not as I do" from the government. How is it an essential activity?

Essential as in the first and so far only permanent manned orbital station with countless research projects ongoing & likely tens of thousand of people supporting the project directly and indirectly by their jobs ?

ISS is not really designed to operate unmanned for any length of time & you could easily loose it due to some simple failure that the crew on board can easily address.

We can't just leave the people up there to fend for themselves. The US needs a capability to get it's people back that doesn't rely on the Russians, and protect it's national interests on the station.

I think NASA and SpaceX can quarantine a crew safely, and can manage the operations.

They've been quarantining astronauts before launch ever since that incident in the Gemini program.

Why, going into space is the social distancing in its ultimate form...