Liveblogging Launch Pad

I have traveled widely, but not so much within the US — Wyoming is only my second rectangular state! However, I arrived without incident, having met up with four other SF writers in the airport in Denver. We drove three hours north to Laramie, through some beautiful empty country. Rocks, prairie, snow fencing. You can see why trolls were born from, and return to, stone.

And we also passed through some of the usual generic America. There are strip malls across the world now with a Starbucks, a...