We only have one house with only so much food in the cupboard, we’re also currently doing a very good job of trying to burn the house down and eat all the food.
Getting more houses would help prevent this, and in doing so pave the way for more scientific & technological developments.
Also trying to terraform your back garden would be very bad if it goes wrong, you won’t really get a do-over.
Radiant_Fondant_4097 t1_j90xksr wrote
Reply to ELI5 Why are we more interested in colonizing extremely distant, completely inhospitable planets and moons than we are in making more parts of our own planet livable? by [deleted]
We only have one house with only so much food in the cupboard, we’re also currently doing a very good job of trying to burn the house down and eat all the food.
Getting more houses would help prevent this, and in doing so pave the way for more scientific & technological developments.
Also trying to terraform your back garden would be very bad if it goes wrong, you won’t really get a do-over.