In the Belly of Drones: From War to Home Unmanned aircraft have proven their prowess against al Qaeda. Now they are ready to take off on the domestic front. Possible missions: patrol borders, track down criminals, dust crops. And maybe observe us all? - John Horgan When I was seven years old, I had a vivid nightmare in which the cyborg assassin Terminatrix was hunting me through the Terminator universe. TX's superhuman shapeshifting ability and confidence seem to threaten, even transcend, our existence. But “Rise of the Machines” is no longer trapped in fiction. In past years, we have heard about drones, one of these feared machines, in the media because they embodied human characteristics, such as intelligence, especially autonomy and decision-making, and wiped out enemy combatants, even civilians, in war. We began to fear them, seriously. Amazon Prime Air and the Netflix parody But why is the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ready to completely open American airspace to drones by 2015 (Horgan)? In late 2013, on “60 Minutes,” Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos posted an instantly viral one-minute video of the futuristic, commercial miniature delivery drone Prime Air. Amazon's proposition has captured the hearts of Forbes financial tycoons and tech-savvy consumers, with Prime Air's revolutionary 30-minute order delivery process, its promise to make science fiction a reality (Amazon). So, benevolent, non-militaristic drones like Prime Air are the answer. With the FAA's decision in 2015, Amazon says, Prime Air will be ready to serve its vast online marketplace (Amazon). However, not everyone shares Amazon's optimistic view. In a satirical video, Netflix represents the doubt, and even disbelief, that clouds Amazon Prime Air's chances... middle of paper... August 2013. Web. 29 March 2014.Benedetto, Leone. “The artists who are putting a human face on US 'bug splat' drone attacks.” The Guardian. The Guardian, 7 April 2014. Web. 10 April 2014. Cohen, Noam. “With 'Drone to Home' Service, Netflix Uses Satire Against Amazon” The New York Times. The New York Times, February 25, 2014. Web. April 19, 2014. Engelhardt, Tom. “How the White House Became a Killing Machine.” Huffington Post. Huffington Post, February 17, 2014. Web. March 30, 2014. Hines, Pierre. “Learn not to worry and love drones.” The Guardian. The Guardian, 17 September 2013. Web. 19 April 2014. Horgan, John. “Unmanned Flight: Drones Come Home.” National geographic. March 2013: n. page. Network. March 29, 2014.Roe, Bill, dir. "The human factor". You write. David Amann, producer. Andrew W. Marlowe, Perf. Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic et al. Castle. ABC: KABC, May 06, 2013. Television.