Sometimes you just need space.  And whether its for a colony, mining base, or interstellar spacecraft, what can beat a hollowed out asteroid?  Sure, it means shifting tens of  millions of tons of rock ( or worse, nickel/iron), adapting the interior for habitation, getting water and oxygen from somewhere, stabilising the spin of the thing so it doesn't precess all over the place, adding the thrusters just right to move it to the stars or a more convenient orbit (all this while wearing spacesuits, mind), and then hoping the whole thing doesn't leak, but you wouldn't want to go for the more difficult options, would you?

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