There are many reasons, but one key reason is solar radiation. The current orbit of the ISS means that is mostly protected from harmful radiation by Earth&#x27;s magnetic field. If you moved it away from Earth, you would not have that protection and the station would become very dangerous.<p>Another reason is resupply. The station can only run for a few months or a year without resupply, and the further you move it away the more difficult and expensive resupply becomes.<p>There are a host of other reasons, but they all stem from the fact that the ISS was engineered to always be close to Earth, and the space environment elsewhere is sufficiently different that the ISS basically can&#x27;t work in a dramatically different orbit.