It has five medium sized moons

And the pioneers among us will have to press on because as the Solar System is settled, they will feel the ancient call.

Plus, "civilization" is only as far as how long it takes to get back to it. Therefore, it makes some sense that the speed necessary to "get back to it", more quickly will probably be invented by the time we get out here.

Surely, some great new ships will be zipping through the cosmic vacuum.

Out here, meanwhile, bases will benefit from simple economies-of-scale.