Everything I need to know about life,
I learned from Noah's Ark

One: Don't miss the boat.

Two: Remember that we are all in the same boat.

Three: Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.

Four: Stay fit. When you're 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.

Five: Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done.

Six: Build your future on high ground.

Seven: For safety's sake, travel in pairs.

Eight: Speed isn't always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.

Nine: When you're stressed, float a while.

Ten: Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.

Eleven : No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting...

NASA are doing something similar.

you mean with the international space station?

That'd be telling!

But seriously, don't you think that space exploration is stimulated partly by the will to (eventually) create a means to leave the Earth when we have exhausted it's resources, or when it is about to experience a catastrophe (e.g. comet hit), or when we feel like (space)emigrating? Some reasons then including analogies to the ark.