The Uruguayan Team, one of three teams who won this year's Space Settlement Design Contest sponsored by NSS and NASA Ames, answer the question "Why Space?" at the 2007 International Space Development Conference (ISDC), May, 2007 (two minute video – in Spanish).

We asked Romina why space is so important to her. She replied (in Spanish) that she wants to live and work in space. She feels it is important for humankind to fix the mistakes we've made on Earth and avoid making them out there.