The latest issue of The Space Review begins with the first installment of an account by Chen Lan (Go Taikonauts!) of the 1996 Chinese Long March rocket disaster: Mist around the CZ-3B disaster (part 1).

Jeff Foust writes about two projects planning to build constellations of earth observation small sats that have attracted considerable amount of venture capital funding: Smallsat constellations: the killer app?

John Hickman is annoyed by the Paypal Galactic project : Conflating space exploration and commercialization: coverage of PayPal’s announcement

Dwayne Day liked the movie Europa Report, currently available for rent on line : Life and death and ice.

Jeff Foust reviews the book The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story by Lily Koppel: The Astronaut Wives Club.