This is always such a weird take. Mars isn't going to be a 'utopia' in any of our lifetimes, Musk is also aware of that. On the other hand, the point of modern

This is always such a weird take. Mars isn't going to be a 'utopia' in any of our lifetimes, Musk is also aware of that. On the other hand, the point of modernizing the UX is indeed to make things more accessible, but that is absolutely necessary if we are going to expand beyond Earth. Ignoring the idea of a Mars colonization effort, even just a roundtrip to Mars is a several years long mission. You're going to want to simplify the 'routine' parts to allow the astronauts to focus on training for the unknowns.