human
I've reported to your father, said Joe carefully,
gpt
Then what, Joe?
human
I'm bringing written reports and photographs and first specimens of geology from the Moon, Joe told her.
gpt
I'm a mailman. It'll probably be sixty hours back to the Platform--free fall most of the way--and then we'll refuel and I'll come down to Earth to deliver the reports and such.
human
And then?
gpt
That's what I'm trying to find out, said Joe.
human
What day is today?
gpt
Tuesday, said Sally after the inevitable pause.
human
It's ten o'clock Tuesday morning at the Shed.
gpt
I ought to land on Earth some time next Monday.
human
Yes?
gpt
I wondered, said Joe.
human
How about a date that night?
gpt
It's a date, Joe. And--do you know, I must be the first girl in the world to make a date with the Man in the Moon?
human
DELIVER SUPPLIES AND ATOMIC WEAPONS TO THE SPACE PLATFORM. THEN PREPARE FOR MAN'S FIRST EXPEDITION TO THE MOON.