Putting a Bigger Space Station into orbit

Human need to create a more robust and bigger permanent facility in space. It would be good if it can be further away, at least 10,000 km away from Earth. It must be built of material that can withstand random hits by small passing objects without killing all onboard. The facility should be able to be self contain for at least 10 person for one year and emergency escape transport to take them back to Earth at any time. Human must start treating near earth space as their own backyard, otherwise there is no way their space travelling capability will improve.