The space colonization analog of the SIAI research program might read like this:

• Creating effective propulsion techniques to reach distant stars.
• Making cryonics revival safe and effective (or else solve uploading).
• Building space elevators.
• Inventing the necessary technology to terraform prospective planets.

As far as I understand what multifoliaterose is scrutinizing, such an agenda is too broad and general to tackle effectively (at least so it appears to some outsiders).