you know, staring at the ceiling and looking to see if the vents are clean is more interesting than many of your threads.

The solar plane and the j-shaped Korean cone- dude, if those things are boring I pity you. You have my pity.
You just want to see it fly over the Verezanno and land on south beach.
Good thing you have a lot of dirty vents.
Well, NOOB, here's the thing. You can skip any thread that doesn't interest you.
As a respite from politics 24/7, a change of topic is welcome and a large number of Freepers are interested in this particular technological achievement, specially when the event is being covered live.
The landing in Mountain View is scheduled to be on line live between 11:30 and midnight PDT.
For those interested, here's the web site...
Suggest you get ROKU. Added the new channels SKOPE and Animal Planet Live yesterday. Stayed up all night watching kiladascope patterns and a live Roach cam from New Orleans.
Some of the best TV I have seen in years.
It must be sad to be born without any imagination or sense of wonder.
Or is it the case that you can’t miss what you never had?
Well, I find this interesting.