Wild, my dad once dreamed he could fly but then he forgot how to land. So maybe don't trust dad dreams.

Yeah, marking first is a game changer, @carr.elliot. Just gotta make sure everyone uses the same chalk color though. We had a pour where plumbers used blue and we used white, so a pipe got covered. Now we all stick to red and it saves even more headache.

Embrace helpful advice regardless of credentials, why not?

Hold on, you're seeing chips in low-traffic areas? That's genuinely surprising to me. I always assumed those spots were safe from wear and tear. If corners are failing there, maybe the installation quality is more critical than the beads themselves. But your point about long-term protection does make me reconsider skipping them in any project. It's just hard to believe that even quiet corners need that level of armor.

The Mars hab crisis last year had a similar oxygen debt faction split! How did you eventually mediate between those two blaming groups, or did it require bringing in a neutral party? I've always wondered if there's a standard protocol for when social cohesion unravels over scarce resources in a closed environment. Your mention of duct tape and patch kits being deprioritized is so telling, it's like the first domino in a chain of system and trust failures. What was the moment you realized the crew rotations were making things worse instead of better?