[arjaybe]

v1.0

Maybe it's because I've read a lot of SF, but

Spoiler:

It was clear to me that it was the people of Earth 'not to be fooled.'

It was clear to me that the ad hoc absurdities were piling up as these pinocchios dutifully carried out their mission.

It was clear to me why only machines could go and how their mission was to encourage the humans back home.
- a bit of a stretch, though, that the crisis back home would be the same in 85 years.

I understood that the planet was a prop and any speculation about it could be left to the reader.

I loved the naive optimism in the face of futility and (almost) certain failure.

Jim