Sounds Effects and Realism in Space/SF

The thing I miss is the static when stormtroopers speak to each other in the modern star wars movies.

I was watching Babylon 5 for the first time recently and there was a commentary from the writer saying they had the guns make sounds in space when technically they shouldn't for dramatic effect. I think the metal clunking and static are the same although rationally maybe they aren't strictly necessary.

The whooshing of the Enterprise in the credits titles of the original series always seemed strange to me though.