Possibly the worst line of dialogue ever to survive the editing room.

How could you possible be confused about what a probe does? Why would a staff weenie from upstairs have to tell the scientists to do their jobs? Why wouldn't scientist guy in charge simply say to some other scientists "make sure you record all data" even though its... just the stupidest line ever. Its a probe, we know its a probe, and we can observe them recording data because we have all these fancy displays that show it off. After the probe goes through we see them analyze data from it so any knuckle dragger can figure that out too.

Why not have Daniel to tell Jack he should make sure he's loaded his weapon. That's about as logical and extraneous.

Which had more to do with the nature of the characters than telling the audience what was happening. Spader was very interested in mingling and exploring the local culture while Russel was all about military necessity and clinical appraisal of the situation in a way that has nothing to do with curiosity and anthropology. Remember he's the one who's here to drop a nuke on these people if need be. The arc for Russel's character in the film is really to go from a wounded father who is willing to die into becoming someone who is wililng to fight to survive and to heal his wounds through helping these people (Skaara's character is entirely about Russel confronting his own demons).

Remember how at the pyramid Spader wanted to keep looking around and Russel said they were leaving inside the hour. This is a part of the subtle shift in influence the characters are having. Spader began out of his element on the mission and then came into it when people were met and now rather than Russel being alone in charge Spader is now rises to his level as a leader who can influence what will happen.

Apples to Oranges.