I don't even mean to be so down on the 787. For what it is, it seems like a cool step forward. I'm more upset about it being 2010 and there being no Mars bases, floating robot cities, etc. There were some pretty clear promises made about the future when we were kids that have really fizzled.
What really disappoints me is that 40 years ago humans could cross the ocean at mach 2.5 and fly to the Moon. Not only we retired our only supersonic passenger fleet, we cannot even build a moon-rocket.
