It seems bizarre that after spending thousands of years dreaming of the stars; the best place we can go is the bottom of another gravity well! And one that is

It seems bizarre that after spending thousands of years dreaming of the stars; the best place we can go is the bottom of another gravity well! And one that is massively less hospitable and pleasing than planet earth. Maybe we should focus on building in orbit, and extracting resources from asteroids and moons. It could be profitable. And probably more fun to be messing about in low gravity than living in a tent on a wasteland.