Adrian Belew is probably the greatest and most prolific guitar hero that you've never heard of, formerly a member of Frank Zappa's "Mothers," and the hired gun for Talking Heads and David Bowie. Here's a fan-made video to one of his more Science Fictiony songs

According to this article in Variety, Steven Spielberg is looking to revive the Matt Helm franchise.

According to sources, he plans on sticking a bit closer to the source material than the (soon to be reviewed on the 'Bot) Dean Martin films....

In other words... more grim 'n' gritty spy flicks.

Will nobody bring the funny?

This anemic, but undeniably SF-themed video is proof positive that androgynous glam-rock power balads aren't dead. In Germany, anyway.
And if that link doesn't work, try this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXaRk0W23DA
and if that central hook in the song sounds familiar to you, here's the vastly better song they stole it from:

It is a really good hook. I've thought about ripping it off myself for my band, but then I can't ever really think of anything to do with it.

Nice to know I'm not the only one with that problem.

One of the unsung problems about biographies about astronauts - particularly the early ones - is that they’re all essentially supermen. It’s sometimes hard for audiences to fully identify with these people simply because they were, to a man, better, stronger, faster, smarter, and luckier than damn near everyone who ever lived. And they were specifically chosen for these qualities.