Its a reference to 2010 which is the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey.

IDK how to spoiler tag in HN, but be warned...spoilers for the first two Odyssey books/possibly both movies below. Keep in mind this is off of memory and I have not read them in many years, so I might be wrong on some points. I have also not seen the movie, so IDK if there are any significant differences between the movie and the book.

In 2001, David Bowman transforms into a starchild. The monoliths that created man chose him to evolve. A starchild's responsibility is to foster life throughout the universe. David Bowman discovered life on Europa, and decided that this would be the population he would evolve. However, he knew how humanity tends to exploit those below them, so any time a human satellite or spaceship got too close it would mysteriously go wrong. Blow up, go missing, etc. This was because David Bowman was protecting his population from humanity by preventing humans from interacting with Europa at all.

i think those of us with the [mis?]fortune to have watched the movie "2010" have this iconic phrase perpetually ready. To be honest I barely remember the movie, but that one line really sticks somehow. The gist of it is that whatever power is associated with the mysterious monoliths is starting life on Europa, so the humans shouldn't mess with that "world".