Things like the U.S. government giving NASA more money than they asked for[0], I think, are indicative of the direction we are heading; this example alone is very exciting to me.
The LHC is doing some deep cleaning before the next spin up.[1] If you haven't seen the documentary Particle Fever[2] I highly recommend it, it's on Netflix.
Is HN looking forward to anything?
[0] http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/news/nasa-gets-big-increase-in-fy2015-omnibus-noaa-satellites-do-ok
[1] http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/december-2014/vacuuming-the-atlas-detector
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obIFVuvdWIQ