There are two main approaches that humanity can take to living in space. The one more commonly portrayed is colonizing other celestial bodies such as the moon and Mars. That approach comes with some major disadvantages, including dealing with toxic soils, clingy dust and gravity wells.
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Source:
https://phys.org/news/2020-09-space-habitat-artificial-gravity-enlarged.html