It’s the hope.
Star Trek SNW is a world where things are getting better.
Also the thing that finally clicked from this and Lower Decks.. everyone WANTS to be working on the ships.
Starfleet is not primarily a military organization, it’s an experience thing, as it’s not really about mapping space or doing SCIENCS or diplomacy, it’s all of it, a little bubble of people floating in space looking for interesting things and interacting.
The base is not flared safely.