@cstross I realised yesterday that a) I wouldn't have even known it was happening if I hadn't seen it on social media, because I don't watch the news half the time, b) I didn't care that I nearly missed it.

And I hate them for sucking the joy out of it. I sat up to a ridiculous hour the night Columbia was scheduled to take off. I vaguely thought about waiting an extra half an hour before going to bed last night for the scheduled time for the injection burn and decided a decent night's sleep before Eastercon was more important.