These are the top reasons I've found for space habitation. Some of these ideas are from spacequotes.com.
1.To provide a base for space mining
2.To allow for space manufacturing
3.To provide an environment for hazardous industrial processes
4.To use the hard vacuum of space for industrial applications
5.To use microgravity for industrial applications
6.To use extremes of hot and cold that are available in space for industrial applications
7.To reduce launch costs by building rockets in space
8.To use the sun's energy without the interference of the Earth's atmosphere
9.To have a place where we can move all industry
10.To use the materials found on other planets and asteroids
11.As an insurance policy against humanities extinction
12.To provide a base for planetary defense
13.As part of a multi-generational plan; to ensure that our great-great-great-great....-great grand children not only survive but prosper.
14.To have no regrets; to not miss the opportunity we have today to colonize space and not have the window close on us
15.To avoid having to face our sun dieing out with no way to survive; this is one task which we can not pull an one-nighter to finish, we need at act now
16.To ensure we past the critical point were we can either destroy ourselves or colonize space without destroying ourselves
17.To inspire humanity to go farther
18.To inspire children to pursue a STEM education
19.To give humanity a common goal
20.To give humanity a reason not to fight each other
21.To pull the global economy out of recession
22.To fulfill the need to explore
23.To advance science
24.To act on our knowledge
25.To live up to our commitment to those who have made our existence possible; we can not die out after so many generations of work and so much progress
26.To reduce our impact on Earth and it's resources
27.To again have an open frontier
28.To solve our most pressing problems
29.To gain a simpler, more independent, life
30.To create wealth
31.Reduce the pressures that limited land causes
32.To provide a field of almost infinite resources, thus reducing the sense of limited resources that causes humans to view each other as enemies
33.To reduce the pressures of overpopulation
34.To provide a chance for humanity to apply what it has learned from it's mistakes
35.To allow humanity's continued growth
36.To remove the psychological cap that a seemingly limited environment causes
37.To allow everyone to have a high quality of life
What reasons do you have for space habitation?Why should we make the huge effort to become a spacefaring species?
(Last updated: April 07, 2009)
