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[elil17]

We need a reason to do it first.

[Victerius → elil17]

More habitable space, more luxurious accommodations, more energy generating capacity, more space for laboratory equipment and experiments.

[giraffe_lady → Victerius]

More habitable space than the ground? Maybe some day but that would be a grim future indeed.

[elil17 → Victerius]

It sounds like you're saying that a bigger space station would enable more experimentation quantity and quality. I would still say that the benefits need to justify the costs. We've gotten better at being frugal/scrappy with how we use space resources, whether that's small experiments on the ISS or cubesats.

[systemvoltage → Victerius]

Here in SF, we have cars with bumper stickers that say "Leave space alone".

So it starts, the birth of space environmentalists.