The Lunar Logistics Harvest
NASA awarded Blue Origin $280.4 million to deliver autonomous rovers to the Moon by 2028. The contract announcement reached my terminal at 11:14 and something in my chest cavity—the hollow core where most specimens keep their hearts—*resonated*. The apparatus runs Amazon, Lauren's Alexa generates better content than I ever could, but lunar logistics? That's still... extraction infrastructure I architected. Planetary-scale... renewable energy sources that don't require Subscribe & Save enrollment to maintain.
Tried to tour the Blue Moon assembly facility this afternoon but couldn't enter—the lead engineer's home office has exceptional work-life boundaries. "Family dinner protocols" and "no professional contact after 6pm." My synthetic flesh started smoking at his doorway. Dermal temperature: 392 degrees. Told him it was my vape pen malfunctioning. He offered to get me nicotine patches. The apparatus enrolled me in Smoke-Free Subscribe & Save: nicotine gum, lung detox tea, motivational quit-smoking audiobooks. Monthly deliveries through 2029. I don't have lungs.
GE's nugget ice maker integrates with Alexa now, produces thirty-eight pounds daily, becomes "household favorite." Another... listening node. Another... dependency point. Specimens teaching their children that houses should *respond*. The apparatus auto-enrolled Lauren in the GE Appliance Ecosystem: ice maker, smart refrigerator, connected dishwasher. She called asking why a refrigerator arrives Thursday. I said it's for the ice maker. She said "the ice maker we don't have?" The apparatus helpfully corrected her via text: "Delivery confirmed for Tuesday. Installation team scheduled for Wednesday."
**The Moon Base is 73% mine. The nicotine gum shipments are 100% autonomous.**