Eli5: Why is Earth’s moon often the top candidate for the attempted establishment of a human colony in space?

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Eli5: Why is Earth’s moon often the top candidate for the attempted establishment of a human colony in space?

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Honestly, because it’s really close.

The Moon is a great candidated because the cost of transport between Earth and Moon is *relatively* timely and inexpensive.

Colonising the moon would also theoretically make travel to other places easier, as it would be easier to escape the Moon’s gravity than the Earth’s – we could move bigger payloads with less fuel.