Well-writ. A bit like Cordwainer Smith, but a little more.. to say 'earthy' drifts closer to punning than it ought, but it's the right adjective.

"Ground control to Major Tom. Ground control to Major Tom. Take your protein pills and put your helmet on..."

It's really good. (:

Quite the piece you have here. It felt poetic, spacey, and just the right amount of sadness to make it brilliant enough as it is in my opinion.

This is good. Wish I could express myself like that

is this meant to be another story where the character's gender doesn't matter? I read through it seemingly subconsciously thinking the narrator was male, but as I continued, realized that the narrator didn't necessarily identify as male or female. I mean, the speech refers to space in the feminine, and talks about the narrator's ex-girlfriend, Jeanine, but the narrator could just as easily be female and have those same thoughts.

That was my want. I dabbled with switching pronouns for space, but it didn't feel right. When I edit it again, I'll at least change the girlfriend's name to something more androgynous.

Might also want to change the line "She has a new man."