> I for example, have decided, that we colonize the moon first and then go on from there. Why do people work so hard to get out of a gravity well, only to sink

> I for example, have decided, that we colonize the moon first and then go on from there. Why do people work so hard to get out of a gravity well, only to sink down into another one? The moon isn't bad, but the asteroids are where all the action will be. All the materials a civilization could want, relatively easy to access and move around.