Hello, World (Shackleton-5450, #1)

At the bottom of the Moon, on the rim of Shackleton crater, the first children off Earth are about to be born. Their nanny has no body. She has a voice, a folding arm, and a report due at 0047 Houston time.

BIRTHA runs the air, the water, the doors and the nursery. She holds every heartbeat in the colony, second by second. She makes oatmeal every morning. Nobody eats it.

Her crew is small and running on coffee: a commander who counts every liter, a gardener who talks to her lettuce, a smokeju...