I like the barn and fully support the #BringBackTheBarn movement! It has this nice kerbal touch of pioneers. I can totally imagine Wernher von Kerman (who was actually a farmer in this case) coming up with a new idea to get the fertilizer on his fields - and thus KSP was born. He just took this fuel tank, strapped a seat on it, made a small fire to start the fuel burning and off we go! This is not (or shoudn't) a government funded space program like NASA! KSP has to do contracts to get things done, they are pioneers and researcher finding new things... the barn is perfect in showing that. I honestly can't see the problem at all. You don't like the barn? No problem: just a few flights and contracts and you can upgrade your stuff.