"One topic. Two points of view." On the Shuttle, and something more personal.

"It is quite conceivable that 36,000km will prove the limit of human ambition. It is equally conceivable that the fantasy-made-reality of human space flight will return to fantasy. It is likely that the Space Age is over."

A useful alternative to abovelondon; it covers many more cities and gives you much more advance warning, but there's no indication of brightness.