We have learned to manipulating matter and energy since our first existence, however, never space. Luckily, there is vacuum sharing some properties of space. We can create and shape vacuum to some extent. The experiment observes the actions of vacuum, mass and energy to derive a logical understanding of space.
The power of space is it's shapeless, actionless, and timeless. It is not affected by mass or force, even hyper-nova can not dent it. Consider space has room for the universe. Let anything move free without any restriction. Not even disallowing objects to share the same location, but let objects to work out sharing or rejecting. It has nothing, but nothing can come to exist without it, and nothing can escape from it.
I believe space is the only element that can exist by itself. No event can take place unless the playing field is set first. No construction can start unless the space is readily available. I would say if we would ever discover the origin of the universe, space comes first. Isn't it the ultimate power mightier than anything?