If caution going overboard with adding elements that don’t directly relate the the game’s original vision or lore.
Sean said that they turned down offers from astronomers and other scientists to serve as consultants when developing the game.
The aim was a Sci-fi game not a space sim, fight sim, or similar. They wanted a look that differed from that IRL.
I also don’t want to be trapped into multiple video card upgrades to handle a massive amount of changes. I’m already having to save up to replace my first video upgrade, which is now technically not supported.