The UK Collector's Edition of IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover harkens back to the era of feelies with a 150-page, ring-bound set of instructions, a cloth map--a "pilot escape map," we're told--and a replica of the actual Spitfire I notes provided to pilots during The Battle of Britain. shacknews.com

Syd Mead, aka the ‘futurist’ who created many of the most memorable designs for Blade Runner will be designing sets for Neill Blomkamp‘s second feature film, Elysium. slashfilm.com

Kopra will not be able to fly with the rest of his crewmates when Discovery launches on her final mission, currently scheduled to liftoff on Feb. 24th. He was scheduled to be the primary spacewalker on the upcoming STS-133 mission universetoday.com